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Sensory Science - Your Nose Knows!
The importance of sound sensory evaluation of seafood products has been increasingly recognized in the past few years. These workshops will assist quality analysts in developing skills to properly assess quality in seafood products. Our sensory experts have developed a lexicon of terms and an effective way of training that will teach you to recognize and describe the quality of seafood, accurately and consistently.
The student is trained to become better at sensory testing through both hands-on experience and science-based instruction.
Hands-on
- Work with internationally calibrated sensory experts
- Experience a full range of product quality
- Learn the US government cut-off point for decomposition
- Know how to identify "premium quality"
- Be taught a complete, internationally recognized language for quality
Science-based Instruction
- Master the most effective smelling and tasting techniques
- Learn to be objective
- Know how to handle samples
- Learn to report results
- Understand how to get consistent sensory results
Contact 978-281-9269 for more information
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U.S. Department of Commerce/NOAA Fisheries • 1315 East West Highway • Silver Spring, MD 20910 • Phone (301) 427-8300 • Toll Free (800) 422-2750 |
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Our Vision:
- "An informed society that has confidence in the seafood that they purchase, sell and consume today and in the future."
Our Mission:
- To ensure the safety and quality as well as enhance the marketability and sustainability of seafood products for the benefit of the American consumer by providing science based inspection services to the seafood industry.
