Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2019 QSAI Food Processing Quality (FPQ)
2019 QSAI Food Processing Quality (FPQ)
2 FOOD PRODUCTION 8
2.1 RECIPES & SPECIFICATIONS 8
2.1.1 Food Preparation Recipes – Availability & Use 8
2.1.2 Food Dish Presentation Specifications 9
2.1.3 Tray Set-up Specifications 10
2.1.4 Food Dish Model and Food Dish Presentation Specifications – Availability & Use 11
2.1.5 Tray Set-up Model and Tray Set-up Specifications – Availability & Use 12
2.1.6 Menu Cycle Specifications 13
2.1.7 Substitutions and Omissions to Airline Client Menu Specifications 14
2.2 SPECIAL MEAL RECIPES & SPECIFICATIONS 16
2.2.1 Special Meal Preparation Recipes – Availability & Use 16
2.2.2 Special Meal Food Dish Presentation Specifications 17
2.2.3 Special Meal Tray Set-up Specifications 18
2.3 INTERNAL QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEMS 19
2.3.1 Portion and Weight Controls during Food Preparation 19
2.3.2 Quality Controls for Provisioning Cold Food Items 20
2.3.3 Quality Controls for Provisioning Hot Food Items 21
2.3.4 Verification of Scales 22
2.3.5 Organoleptic Quality Controls for Prepared Food Items and Tray Set-ups 23
2.3.6 Quality Complaint Investigation Procedure 24
3 FOOD PROVISIONING 25
3.1 QUALITY CONTROLS FOR CATERING DELIVERY TO AIRCRAFT 25
3.1.1 Airline/Train Meal Ratios and Client Catering Order 25
3.1.2 Quality Controls for Catering Delivery to the Aircraft 26
3.1.3 Provision of Food Service at Dispatch 27
3.2 IDENTIFICATION OF FOOD ONBOARD 28
3.2.1 Identification of Special Meals 28
3.2.2 Cabin Crew and Pilot Meals 29
DEFINITIONS 30
APPENDIX 1 32
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Notes * If the scale manufacturer does not provide a deviation tolerance, the food provider
must establish an appropriate deviation tolerance.
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
TERM DEFINITION
Airline ‘Airline’ means any airline participating in the QSAI - Quality & Safety
Alliance Inflight Services Programme.
Cold Food Items ‘Cold Food Items’ means those food items that have undergone Food
Preparation by the food provider and are ready to be eaten cold by the
passenger.
Client Catering Order ‘Client Catering Order’ means any document handed over to the cabin
crew onboard the aircraft/train that details the quantity of each food
items and tray set-ups provided for this flight/train by the food provider.
Food Handling ‘Food Handling’ means the manual or mechanical carrying, moving,
manufacturing, producing, collecting, extracting, processing, storing,
delivering, preparing, treating, preserving, packing, cooking, thawing,
dispatching, serving and displaying of food. For greater certainty, Food
Handling includes Food Production and Food Preparation.
Food Handling Areas ‘Food Handling Area’ means any Food Production Area, Food
Preparation Area, food receiving area, food dispatching area and Food
Storage Area.
Food Handling Employee ‘Food Handling Employee’ means any employee who comes into direct
contact with any food or packaging of food.
Food Preparation ‘Food Preparation’ includes any activity during which food comes into
direct or indirect contact with a Food Handling Employee or a Food
Contact Surface prior to Heat Treatment and after rapid cooling. Such
processes include the thawing, trimming, cutting and mincing of raw
foods; and the cutting, mincing, slicing, mixing, whipping, glazing,
portioning, weighing, garnishing, packaging, and tray setting of food
items.
Food Preparation Area ‘Food Preparation Area’ means any area where food items undergo Food
Preparation.
Food Production ‘Food Production’ means all food related activities (other than food
storage) carried out by a food provider prior to dispatch and following
receiving. For greater certainty, Food Production includes Food
Preparation, Heat Treatment and rapid cooling.
Food Storage Areas ‘Food Storage Areas’ means any area where food items are stored for
any period of time other than for immediate use including dry food
stores, Refrigeration Units, freezers, and racks or shelves.
Hot Food Items ‘Hot Food Items’ means those food items that have undergone Food
Preparation by the food provider and will be re-heated and eaten hot by
the passenger.
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines
5 DBML DIABETIC MEAL – LOW SUGAR MEAL 15 RVML VEGETARIAN RAW MEAL
Copyright © 2019 Medina Foods Inc. QUALITY & SAFETY ALLIANCE – INFLIGHT SERVICES
FOOD PROCESSING QUALITY
Standards & Interpretation Guidelines