Liberal Arts Topics Math.Quality ControlQuality control, as described in the Encarta Dictionary, is a system used in many businesses, departments, and businesses to achieve or maintain a level of quality desired in a manufactured product. product by inspecting samples and evaluating changes that may be necessary in the manufacturing process. To do this, inspectors are hired and tasked with examining each step of the manufacturing process to ensure the product meets company standards. Many companies use this technique, but the food industry in particular depends on the quality of its product. In no other industry is quality control more important than in this area. If quality is not checked for all products, it can spell disaster for a food processing company. Not only can poorly processed foods taste bad, but, in some cases, they can lead to illness, leaving the industry in a very difficult situation and possibly legally liable. So, to avoid this, the food industry, as well as many others, have chosen to use quality control in the form of sampling, to ensure that their products are brought to the market not only with a good taste, but also as being safe. In industry, quality control is used to ensure that only the best-tasting product is brought to market, and to do this, only the best ingredients should be chosen for a company's product. Take for example tomato paste. The most essential ingredient of tomato paste is tomatoes. So, a tomato paste company must first verify and ensure that all tomatoes meet its specifications. The first step in this process should then be to create quality specifications. The most popular method in the food industry to create this is to check the food product through what it calls "food attributes". In the case of a tomato, this could be anything: color, size, shape, any damage to the tomato, and hardness of the fruit. Once this is completed and agreed upon, inspectors are hired to examine and test a representative sample of the food, in this case tomatoes, to ensure the batch meets the specifications established by the company..