Quality control
Sampling, laboratory testing programmes, receiving inspection and the disposition of non-conforming lots.
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Sampling procedures for bulk and bagged feed ingredients
Sampling determines whether a laboratory result describes the cargo or only the sample; a precise analysis of an unrepresentative sample is worthless, and sampling error is normally far lar…
Read the guideDesigning a laboratory testing programme for incoming ingredients
A testing programme defines which parameters are tested on every lot, which are tested periodically and which are tested only on risk triggers, so that laboratory capacity is spent where it…
Read the guideReceiving inspection: what to check before a lot is accepted
Receiving inspection is the last point at which a buyer can reject, condition or document a problem with commercial standing; it combines a document check, a physical inspection and a sampl…
Read the guideHandling a non-conforming lot
A non-conforming lot must be quarantined, documented and assessed against a written disposition procedure — accept, accept with adjustment, rework, return or dispose — before any commercial…
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