Quality Management in the Food Industry

Quality in the food industry is considered as the most important aspect of the processes and production, and food safety is considered the most crucial aspect of the food quality. Quality management system (QMS) consists of the activities and decisions performed in an organisation to produce and maintain a product with the desired quality level against minimal costs. QMS is highly related to the formalising of quality assurance policies, strategy, standards and specifications from a documented quality assurance system. Various tools for quality improvement under the quality management belong to the application of statistical methods and the philosophy of statistical thinking. The process of adapting the fundamental change in the business in terms of economic, political, technological, and social character is connected to the quality management and the demand on the management of the modern organisation.