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An assessment of acceptance sampling plans as applied to foodstuffs
Author(s) -
BILTCLIFFE D. O.,
SHROUDER J. P.,
STEINER E. H.,
WOOD R.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
international journal of food science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.831
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1365-2621
pISSN - 0950-5423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1983.tb00254.x
Subject(s) - acceptance sampling , sampling (signal processing) , acceptance testing , statistics , normality , process (computing) , computer science , mathematics , environmental science , operations research , sample size determination , software engineering , filter (signal processing) , computer vision , operating system
Summary The application of acceptance sampling plans, based on criteria given in two U.S. Military Standards, to evaluate the sulphur dioxide content in the sausage meat portion of sausage rolls produced by a batch process, has been invcstigated. It was found that acceptance sampling plans could be successfully drawn up using values given in the Military Standards and that the most economical plans which are statistically sound would probably be based on variables sampling with unknown standard deviations (s.d.). The critical requirement, that of normality of distribution of the criterion being considered throughout the batch, is shown to be complied with in this trial.