AUDIT AND METROLOGICAL TOOLS FOR ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF FOOD PRODUCTS IN PRODUCTION

Abstract

The paper analyzes the metrological means of assessing the quality of food products of food production. Product quality is formed at the stage of product development and is accompanied by regulatory and technical documentation. In order to manufacture high-quality food products and supply them to the consumer, it is necessary to ensure the optimal level of technical, aesthetic and operational properties with minimal expenditure of funds for the creation, consumption and use of products. Therefore, the optimal level of product quality should be understood as such a combination of all properties, which would ensure the satisfaction of sufficient needs with minimal labor costs. To achieve optimal product quality, it is necessary to ensure the most favorable ratio of factors and conditions that determine product quality. These factors can be divided into subjective and objective. Subjective factors include a group of factors caused by human production activity. They depend on the qualifications and ability of people to perform production functions, which determine the quality of products through the quality of work. These include: professional skill, general education level, psychological makeup of a person, personal interest in the results of work. The objective factors should include: technical level of production, mechanization and automation of production, organization of production preparation for the release of new products, technology and means of measuring objective control, metrological support of the enterprise, technical level of the operational base, standardization, etc. From the conducted research, it can be concluded that one of the most important factors in the growth of production efficiency is the improvement of the quality of products or services. Increasing the quality of manufactured products is currently considered as a decisive condition for its competitiveness on the domestic and foreign markets. The competitiveness of products determines the country's prestige and is a decisive factor in increasing its national wealth. Product quality is one of the most important criteria for the company's operation in a relatively saturated market and prevailing price competition. Increasing the technical level and quality of products determines the pace of scientific and technical progress and increasing the efficiency of production as a whole. The expediency of using metrological tools is substantiated and ways to improve the quality of finished products in production are proposed.