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Title
Identify and describe sensory evaluation components and methods
for the dairy industry
Level
3
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard will be able to: identify
the main components of sensory evaluation; identify and
describe the correct application of sensory methodology; and
identify the purpose of panel training and participate in training
sessions, within the dairy industry.
Classification
Dairy Manufacturing > Dairy Laboratory Methodology
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Open.
Explanatory notes
Reference document
Resource Manual for Unit Standard 4314, Describe sensory evaluation for the dairy
industry, available from New Zealand Industry Training Organisation, PO Box 488,
Hamilton.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify the main components of sensory evaluation.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The use of each sense to determine product quality in food products is identified
and an example is given.
Range
sight, smell, sound, touch, taste.
1.2
The difference between taste and flavour is defined.
1.3
The two types of sensory threshold are described.
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Range
1.4
absolute or detection, recognition.
The four basic tastes are identified under trial conditions.
Range
1.5
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sweet, sour, salty, bitter.
The critical factors influencing sensory measurements are listed, and an
example of each type is given.
Range
physiological, psychological, test environment, sample
preparation, evaluators.
Outcome 2
Identify and describe the correct application of sensory methodology.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The three main groups of sensory tests are identified and described.
Range
2.2
The types of tests that a trained panellist should and should not carry out are
listed.
Range
2.3
descriptive, acceptance/consumer, difference.
difference tests, ranking, descriptive analysis, acceptance tests.
The purpose of attribute grading is described in relation to the dairy products
tested.
Outcome 3
Identify the purpose of panel training and participate in training sessions.
Evidence requirements
3.1
The significance of panel training and the reasons for trained panels are
identified.
3.2
A panel training session is participated in where dairy product attributes are
generated.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 8967 have been
replaced by unit standard 28671.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
28 April 1995
31 December 2018
Revision
2
2 July 1999
31 December 2018
Revision
3
13 June 2003
31 December 2018
Review
4
16 December 2005
31 December 2018
Review
5
17 September 2015
31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0022
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
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