Food service research and development

Food Research and Development

Development of Food Service Institutions

A food service institution is one which plans prepares and serves food in quantities far greater than those characteristic of usual home meals. Such institutions serve various functions depending on the demands placed on them by their customers and vary from small to very large establishments. Though development has been rapid and widespread during the last 50 years the services have their root...

Agricultural Research Service Food Safety Review

Members of the ARS National Program in Food Safety (NP 108) Assessment Panel (NP108) met in Beltsville, Maryland on December 14 and 15, 2004 to conduct a retrospective evaluation of this program. This report summarizes the panel’s discussions, written assessments, and overall feedback regarding research and related program administration within NP108. An assessment of impact and relative streng...

Food Science Education, Research, and Professional Development

In the Neolithic Age (10 000–3000 BC) humans transitioned from hunter–gatherer to cultivation of crops and domestication of animals for food. As they entered the Bronze Age, humans learned from practical experience about food preparation and shifted some of their plant and animal exploitations to make a variety of foods some of which could be stored for long periods. Although there was little i...

Machine Repair Queueing System with with Non-Reliable Service Stations And Heterogeneous Service Discipline (RESEARCH NOTE)

This investigation deals with M/M/R/N machine repair problem with R non-reliable service stations which are subjected to unpredictable breakdown. 1here is provision of an additional server to reduce backlog in the case of heavy load of failed machines. 1he permanent service stations repair the failed machines at an identical rate m and switch to faster repair rate when all service stations are ...