The role of QSQEAR
in your process

The focus of QSQEAR is food quality, including condition during storage, texture after freezing, and moisture retention before cooking or processing.

Planning starts with the food type, the stage you want to focus on, and the quality characteristics that matter to your business. The operating conditions and approach can then be considered together.

Food quality
and refrigeration

• Refrigeration SystemsThese systems continue to control the temperature of the space and food as required by the process. QSQEAR does not replace refrigerators, cold rooms, or freezing systems.
• QSQEARAims to help maintain food quality during fresh storage, freezing, and thawing, with results assessed for the food and actual operating conditions.
• Food HandlingPackaging, hygiene, stock rotation, and operating procedures remain essential parts of the same system.

Before installation planning
What do we need to know?

• ProductFood type, piece size, quantity, and packaging format.
• Operating SiteThe space, temperature-control systems, and any placement or operational constraints.
• ProcessFresh storage periods, freezing and thawing methods, and schedules for taking food out for use.
• GoalsThe quality you want to preserve and issues to assess, such as texture, moisture loss, or usable quantities.

Assess under
comparable conditions

Choose measures relevant to your operation before starting, such as food condition at the end of storage, quality after freezing and thawing, or remaining weight before cooking.

When comparing use, choose comparable products and clearly record time, temperature, packaging, storage methods, and thawing methods to distinguish the effects of process differences.