CCCI PARTNERS WITH INTERTEK PHILIPPINES TO CONDUCT BASIC SENSORY EVALUATION FOR FOOD TESTING AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TRAINING
The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), in partnership with Intertek Philippines successfully conducted a 2-day training on Basic Sensory Evaluation for Food Testing and Product Development in Golden Prince Hotel & Suites on November 28-29, 2022.
21 staff from 8 companies completed the 2-day training program: Giant Box Food Products, Shemberg Ingredients & Gums/Shemberg Biotech Corp., Virginia Foods Inc, Cebu Primera Food Industries, Inc / Mang Tinapay, Titay’s Liloan Rosquillos and Delicacies, Inc., Kings Quality Foods Central Seafoods Inc. and DTI Bohol.
The Basic Sensory Evaluation Training is imperative especially for the food testing and research and development personnel to upgrade their capability and improve their sensory evaluation. This training provided participants with necessary guidance on the methodologies and approaches on how sensory evaluations are conducted.
Sensory testing is critical for quality control and during the product development phase. Sensory analysis can be used for quality control, determining shelf life, gauging the readiness for product launch, assessing product success, flavor profiling, and identifying the attributes driving consumer preferences.
Experts from Intertek Philippines, Ms. Gelyn B. Javelona-Maninang, Assistant Manager for Food Services and Ms. Chester Lou A. Allones, Manager for QMS and Academy served as resource speakers. Using a combination of lecture-discussion and group exercises, the training covered the topics on Sensory Evaluation, Characteristics of Food, Requirements and Procedures for Sensory Evaluation and the Common Types of Test Methods for Sensory Evaluation.
CCCI continues to provide quality training programs to update business owners of current trends and opportunities as well as to address knowledge and skills gaps of current and future r workforce. For your training needs, please call CCCI at 232 1421 or 0999 611 1506 and look for Ms. Karen Autor or email at info@cebuchamber.org or karen@cebuchamber.org.
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