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| '''Title''': ''What types of testing occur within a food and beverage laboratory?''
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| '''Author for citation''': Shawn E. Douglas
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| '''Publication date''': August 2022
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| ==Introduction==
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| The food and beverage laboratory plays a vital role in helping improve and secure our food supply and the consumable products that get made from it. It does this by playing a number of roles within the overall food and beverage industry, including within the research and development (R&D), pre-manufacturing and manufacturing, and post-production regulation and security phases of food and beverage production.<ref name="DouglasWhatIs22">{{cite web |url=https://www.limswiki.org/index.php/LIMS_FAQ:What_is_the_importance_of_a_food_and_beverage_testing_laboratory_to_society%3F |title=What is the importance of a food and beverage testing laboratory to society? |author=Douglas, S.E. |publisher=LIMSwiki |date=16 August 2022 |accessdate=16 August 2022}}</ref> It's within these roles a multi-discipline approach to testing occurs, depending on the role played by the lab. However, regardless of role, all testing boils down to a means of better ensuring safer, more nutritious and delicious foods and beverages.
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| This brief topical article will borrow from previous discussion about food and beverage laboratories<ref name="DouglasWhatIs22" /> and dive deeper into the types of testing taking place within the three primary roles such labs have within the industry.
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| ==Broad testing within the industry==
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| Food and beverage laboratories tap into numerous scientific disciplines for the work they do. Among the various roles these labs serve, disciplines such as biochemistry, chemical engineering, chemistry, fermentation science, materials science, microbiology, molecular gastronomy, and nutrition and food science are applied.<ref name="NolletHand15">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KtAdCgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover |title=Handbook of Food Analysis (Two Volume Set) |editor=Nollet, L.M.L.; Toldrá, F. |publisher=CRC Press |edition=3rd |pages=1568 |year=2015 |isbn=9781482297843}}</ref><ref name="NielsenFood15">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i5TdyXBiwRsC&printsec=frontcover |title=Food Analysis Laboratory Manual |author=Nielsen, S. |publisher=Springer |pages=177 |edition=2nd |year=2015 |isbn=9781441914620}}</ref><ref name="DouglasTheLabs22">{{cite book |url=https://www.limswiki.org/index.php/LII:The_Laboratories_of_Our_Lives:_Labs,_Labs_Everywhere!/Labs_by_industry:_Part_2 |chapter=Labs by industry: Part 2 |title=The Laboratories of Our Lives: Labs, Labs Everywhere! |author=Douglas, S.E. |publisher=LIMSwiki |edition=2nd |date=July 2022 |accessdate=17 August 2022}}</ref> As such, a diverse skillset may at times be required by the food and beverage scientist, with not only hard skills in microbiology, biochemistry, and fermentation, but also the flexibility and nimbleness to apply those skills to a rapidly changing consumer dynamic.<ref name="IFTDiverse20">{{cite web |url=https://www.ift.org/news-and-publications/news/2020/october/26/diverse-skill-sets-needed-for-growing-opportunities |title=Diverse skill sets needed for growing opportunities |publisher=Institute of Food Technologists |date=26 October 2020 |accessdate=17 August 2022}}</ref>
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| ==Testing within the primary roles of a food and beverage lab==
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| The type of testing occurring within a food and beverage lab will vary depending on the role it plays within the larger framework of industry needs. The following subsections examine the three primary roles of these labs and the testing required to meet their goals.
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| ===R&D roles===
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| * Improving packaging
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| https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Food+Materials+Science+and+Engineering-p-9781405199223
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| https://blogs.3ds.com/biovia/how-food-materials-science-is-poised-to-start-a-revolution/
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| https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/role-of-materials-science-in-food-bioengineering
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| * Genetic modification for improved yields and nutrition
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| https://books.google.com/books?id=qePEDwAAQBAJ
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| * Nutritional reformulation
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| https://books.google.com/books?id=vE_VDwAAQBAJ
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| * Flavor/aroma analysis and formulation
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| * Overall food innovation and development
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| https://books.google.com/books?id=DnB7AwAAQBAJ
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| https://books.google.com/books?id=jqZJEAAAQBAJ
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| * Predicting and controlling spoilage
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| * Extractable and leachable testing
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| * Performing stability tests
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| https://books.google.com/books?id=YVwNCgAAQBAJ
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| https://books.google.com/books?id=UK9tAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA508
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| https://www.innovolo.co.uk/article/the-ultimate-guide-to-shelf-life-stability-testing-services-dont-risk-your-new-products-safety
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| https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/food-science/accelerated-shelf-life
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| https://www.formulaction.com/en/about-us/news/blog/challenges-in-food-and-beverage-stability
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| ===Pre-manufacturing and manufacturing roles===
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| * Quality control testing
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| https://books.google.com/books?id=2YmpDwAAQBAJ
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| * Food sensitivities and allergens
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| * Nutritional analyses
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| * Caloric analyses
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| https://books.google.com/books?id=s3R-EAAAQBAJ
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| ===Post-production regulation and security roles===
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| * Authenticity and adulteration testing
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| https://books.google.com/books?id=Q-8QCgAAQBAJ
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| * Quality control testing
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| https://books.google.com/books?id=2YmpDwAAQBAJ
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| ==Tangential laboratory work==
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| * Processing equipment design and sanitation
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| https://books.google.com/books?id=iQDoDwAAQBAJ
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| https://engineering-update.co.uk/2020/04/03/selecting-materials-for-standard-parts-in-the-food-and-beverage-industry-a-buyers-guide/
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| https://salasobrien.com/insights/engineering-for-quality-and-compliance-in-the-food-and-beverage-industry/
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| * Clinical diagnostic for foodborne illness
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| FoodNet Lab Testing: https://wwwn.cdc.gov/FoodNetFast/LabSurvey
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| ==Conclusion==
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| This brief topical article sought to answer "what types of testing occur within a food and beverage laboratory?" It notes that in particular,
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| ==References==
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