Canned food has become a popular dish and plays a significant role in many people's lives as everyone is busy with the hustle and bustle of work and life. However, are the canned products we consume guaranteed to meet safety standards and tested properly? Let's join VNTEST to learn about canned food testing concepts as well as safety and quality parameters through the article below.
WHY IS CANNED FOOD TESTING NECESSARY?
Canned food is very diverse in flavors and types, meeting the usage needs of many customers.
Testing canned food to declare quality standards is an important and mandatory step so that state agencies can inspect and evaluate the quality of canned products to see whether the products meet the conditions for distribution.
LEGAL BASIS
Canned food testing refers to the following regulations:
- Decision 46/2007/QD-BYT
- Law on Food Safety 2010
- Decree 15/2018/ND-CP
- QCVN 8 -1: 2011/BYT
- QCVN 8 -2: 2011/BYT
- QCVN 8 -3: 2011/BYT
TESTING PARAMETERS
PRODUCT APPEARANCE
The first factor we need to pay attention to is the external appearance of the can. For food cans, they must be completely intact, not rusted, dented, swollen, or deformed.
At the same time, the product must have full labeling and clearly display all of the following information:
- Processing facility
- Product name
- Date of manufacture, expiration date
- Usage instructions, storage instructions
- Ingredients
- Net weight, gross weight...
In addition, if the product is imported canned goods, label translation must be carried out before testing.
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NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS
Factors include: Protein, carbon, fat, and several vitamins such as A, D, E, K...
A canned product is considered quality-assured if it provides full nutritional value to consumers. Even though it is canned, the product must still ensure that nutrients are preserved and not lost during the canning process.
Nutritional parameter testing in food
However, an inevitable issue is that canning often involves high temperatures, which can damage fat-soluble vitamins as well as vitamin C and vitamin B. Therefore, manufacturers need to pay careful attention to this issue during their canned food production process.
MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS
Canned goods must not be spoiled due to microbial activity, must contain no pathogenic microorganisms, and the amount of contamination must not exceed regulations. The microbiological parameters include:
- E.coli
- S.aureus
- Cl. perfringens
- Cl. botulinums
- TSBTNM-M
CHEMICAL PARAMETERS
Do not exceed regulations on heavy metal content; ensure parameters for moisture, fat, protein, carbohydrate, energy,...; chemical composition parameters such as sugar concentration, acid, salt... At the same time, heavy metal content must not exceed:
- Tin: 100 - 200 mg/kg of product
- Copper: 5 - 80 mg/kg of product
- Lead: None
- Ensure chemical composition parameters, mainly sugar concentration, acid, salt...
SENSORY PARAMETERS
Sensory evaluation of products must meet standards
- State: The varnish layer remains intact, ensuring the shape of the can is not dented,...
- Color: Ensure the characteristic color of the food according to the regulations of each product type.
- Flavor: Flavor is preserved, with no rancid or strange odors.
WHERE IS CANNED FOOD TESTING MOST REPUTABLE AND AFFORDABLE?
This is certainly something many customers care and deliberate about. VnTest will ensure peace of mind for customers with market-leading reputation and testing capacity.
Accreditation certificate confirming that the Testing Laboratory of the VNTEST Institute for Testing and Quality Assessment is fully capable of performing testing activities for customers, issued by the Bureau of Accreditation (BoA) under the Ministry of Science and Technology.
The team of testing technicians is intensively trained and experienced, working professionally, and always standing alongside consumers and manufacturers to minimize risks and protect customer interests.
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More special, VnTest is an experienced unit in canned food product declarations, with a team of specialists handling difficult applications to prevent application rejections.
