Quality Control Principles and Processes
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While quality assurance is about giving your customers the guarantee that your product is what you claim it is (made to specifications), safe to consume and up to standard, quality control on the other hand is about the methods and processes that ensure that a product is produced following appropriate procedures, in order for the producer to be able to give a quality assurance.
6. First in, First out FIFO
Food businesses must ensure that all food and ingredients received and stored is checked for best before and expiry dates. It is essential that food is not only handled and stored properly but also used before the expiry date. To ensure this food processors often use a storage practice called FIFO, which stands for First In, First Out.
This method includes:
ensuring items that are received first (the oldest items) are used first
moving items nearing their expiration date to the front of the shelves
clearly labelling and dating containers if food items are not stored in their original packaging
checking best before and expiry dates frequently
discarding any food items that show signs of spoilage