TheRoleofSensoryAnalysisinQualityControlJuneE.Yantis,editorASTMManualSeries:MNL141916RaceStreet•Philadelphia,PA19103LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataTheRoleofsensoryanalysisinqualitycontrol/JuneE.Yantis,editor.(ASTMmanualseries;MNL14)"ASTMpublicationcodenumber(PCN):28-014092-36"—T.p.verso.Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN0-8031-1486-91.Engineeringinspection.2.Qualitycontrol.3.Sensoryevaluation.I.Yantis,JuneE.II.Series.TS156.2.R641992670.42'5—dc2092-23451CIP©1992byAmericanSocietyforTestingandMaterialsASTMPubhcationCodeNumber(PCN):28-014092-36NOTE:TheSocietyisnotresponsible,asabody,forstatementsandopinionsadvancedinthispublication.PrintedinBaltimore,September1992ForewordThispublicationonthesensoryevaluationfunctionwithinmanufacturingquahtyassur-ance/qualitycontrol(QA/QC)programswassponsoredbyASTMSubcommitteeE18.07,asubcommitteeonQuahtyAssurance,ofASTMCommitteeE-18onSensoryEvaluationofMaterialsandProducts.ThescopeofthesubcommitteewastoidentifyandrecommendproceduresforusingsensoryanalysisinQA/QCfunctions.Manypeoplehavecontributedideasforthismanualfromtheiractualworkexperience.Sensoryprogramsvarywiththediversityofproducts,size,andneedsofindividualplantsandcompanies.Becausetherearefew"standardprocedures"forsensorytestinginQCprograms,theinformationpresentedinthisdocumentisintendedtobeusedasreferencematerialfordevelopingsensorytestprogramsappropriatetotheideasandneedsofindividualQCgroups.SupplementalreferencesrelatedtoQAproceduresandsensorymethodsarelistedinthebibliography.AcknowledgmentsSpecialthanksgotheeditorialcontributionsofDickJones,JohnPowers,andMortenMeilgaard.ManymembersofASTMCommitteeE-18contributedideasandexamples,manyofwhichwereusedinthispublication.ContributorsovertheyearsofdevelopingthisguideincludeMarjorieAlbright,JoanStouffer,BarbaraBooth,GailCiville,MargeryEin-stein,VivienneDrimmer,SuzzanneWhitlock,GreggWilcove,CarolGardze,DarlaSimpsonHall,JeanneSpeight,SallyHite,andMarkLand.RelatedASTMPublicationsManualofSensoryTestingMetho...
