Agar imparts unique physical characteristics to the culture media, which makes it suitable for its purpose. For instance, agar enables the media to melt at 100ºC and then cool back to less than 40ºC before re-solidifying. Additionally, very few organisms ...
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Milk Testing Equipment for Rapid Quality Assurance of Dairy Products
Milk testing is an essential component of quality assurance in manufacturing. Dairy processing plants, whether small, medium-sized or large-scale, need robust quality assurance labs with all the milk testing equipment necessary for effecting quality.
Methods of Butterfat Testing & Indices Used to Score Fats
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Total Quality Management (TQM): Principles, Tools & Shortfalls
Total Quality Management (TQM) is the philosophy of involving all the stakeholders in an organization in a continued effort to improve the quality and to achieve customer satisfaction. Quality can be defined as the definitive parameter that distinguishes a superior ...