QA/QC, FAQ, IFT, WWW, HACCP, and ISO—IMHO

摘要

Brevity is in. Even five seconds seems too much to ask of anyone to assimilate some information (forget ideas-just give me the facts). So, I apologize for the list of acronyms in the title, since I have a lot of ground to cover in this inaugural QA/QC column, these provide an abbreviated way of indicating topics. Food quality control and quality assurance (QA/QC) has generated its fair share of jargon—GMP, SPC, HACCP. But, an area that easily tops that is computer jargon. One of my favorite computer acronyms, commonly found on the Internet, is the FAQ or Frequently Asked Questions. An FAQ is a list of questions about a particular subject that are often asked by individuals new to an area. In fact, to start off my QA/QC column I would like to do my own little FAQ and establish some ground rules.