Discover how to determine the ideal percentage of a population for a representative sample to ensure accurate data analysis with minimal sampling error.

Learn how representative samples and random samples differ and why combining them minimizes sampling bias for accurate data.

For a food manufacturer, there are few things worse than calling for a mandatory food product recall. Food safety is a big deal and food recalls occur much more frequently than we may realize. And we ...

Modern analytical methods are extremely sensitive and capable of detecting minute quantities of compounds in the aliquots they analyse. However, this may be of limited or even no practical use if the ...

Manual sampling techniques such as hand scoop and spigot sampling are common methods with food and beverage producers and processors. These convenient and low-cost, direct methods are widely accepted ...