Practical scenarios
The typical situations below illustrate the approach to the work. They do not describe specific cases or imply a predetermined conclusion for your situation.
Typical situations
Delivery of a batch of fresh fruit with loss of marketable appearance
Documenting the batch's condition, acceptance documents, packaging and handling conditions; assessing whether factors affecting marketable appearance can be established.
Learn more →cold chainDispute over the condition of frozen products
Analysis of signs of thawing/freezing together, packaging and available temperature data without replacing laboratory conclusions.
Learn more →qualityQuality claim concerning a batch of dairy products
Examination of packaging, labelling, external signs, delivery documents and storage conditions.
Learn more →transportMechanical damage to products during transport
Comparing the nature of damage to the goods and containers with transport documents and acceptance records.
Learn more →labellingDiscrepancies in batch labelling and documents
Checking the actual labelling, batch identification and accompanying documents.
Learn more →valueValue of products with an altered commercial condition
Determining market value as of a specified date, taking the batch's identification, quantity and condition into account.
Learn more →reviewReview of a report on food quality
Checking source data, methods, completeness of the examination and the link between the examination section and conclusions.
Learn more →courtPreparing materials for a court-appointed examination concerning a delivery
A preliminary check of the questions, object, documents and need for a laboratory component for an information letter to the court.
Learn more →Why scenarios are provided
They help explain which materials usually matter, where commodity examination competence ends and when a laboratory, court appointment or report review is required.