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Quality and Food Safety Management in Food
Service Industry

Furthermore, food quality defined as "the extent to which the
all the established requirements relating to the characteristics of
a food are met".

People select food that satisfy and meet their needs from
the sensory side like, the preferred appearance and taste, and
meet their nutritional requirements, cultural and religious
values, psychological and social needs, and suitable for their
budget too.

Food quality attributes are divided into two groups:
sensory attributes and hidden attributes.

The most important attributes of a food are its sensory
characteristics or positive qualities: texture, flavor, aroma,
shape and color, those determine an individual's preference for
specific products, and small differences between brands of
similar products can have a substantial influence on
acceptability.

The sensory food quality attributes are those qualities
which can be evaluated by using the five senses (sight, smell,
taste, touch, and hearing), as illustrated in figure ( ).
Moreover, they added that some sensory attributes (especially