ISO 8586:2023—Selection And Training Of Sensory Assessors
In the early 1950s, a milestone for sensory evaluation occurred when the Quartermaster Food and Container Institute developed the nine-point hedonic scale: a category scaling […]
Food Service Industry
NSF/ANSI 25-2022: Vending Machines for Food and Beverages
An American National Standard, NSF/ANSI 25-2022: Vending Machines For Food And Beverages, addresses the performance and safety of vending machines. Vending Machine Components There’s an […]
NSF/ANSI 51-2023: Food Equipment Materials
An American National Standard, NSF/ANSI 51-2023, doesn’t deal with what’s in your food—it focuses on what’s in the equipment used to make your food. Demand […]
ANSI/ASHRAE 72-2022: Testing Refrigerators And Freezers
Can you imagine a world without refrigerators? It seems unlikely, as 99.8% of American homes own at least one refrigerator. ANSI/ASHRAE 72-2022: Method Of Testing […]
NSF/ANSI 2-2021: Food Handling Equipment
An American National Standard, NSF/ANSI 2-2021: Food Equipment, covers food protection and sanitation requirements for a variety of food handling and processing equipment. A chef […]
IKECA Standards for Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning
Thousands of restaurant fires happen each year. These grease-borne conflagrations result in millions of dollars of property damage and lead to injuries and even fatalities. […]
Hygiene Requirements For The Design Of Meat And Poultry Processing Equipment
They say that after handling raw meat, you should wash your hands. In fact, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services advises anyone preparing […]
Dietary Supplements Standardization – How ANSI is Striving for Safety and Quality
Many Americans depend upon dietary supplements to fortify their nutritional intake. According to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), “3 out of every 4 […]
Detecting Bacteria in the Food Chain – An ISO Approach
Standards Assure Safety in What You Eat With nearly 800 million people worldwide lacking the food needed to live healthy lives and one-third of all […]
NSF/ANSI 2-2018: Changes to the Food Equipment American National Standard
***Update: This standard has been revised. NSF/ANSI 2-2019: Food Equipment is available on the ANSI Webstore, and you can learn more about the new edition […]