In the engineering world, it has often been said that you can’t inspect quality into a product. Rather, you design and build quality into a product and then inspect to make sure you are delivering what you promise.
In the food and beverage industry, your product quality—and safety—has far more personal ramifications than, say, a newly designed phone or network switch. You do your best to ensure that your food product meets all your quality specifications and food safety regulatory requirements before the product goes out the door. And while your product goes out the door free of pathogens, there could be other potential problems—for example, metal contaminants or foreign objects—that could ruin a customer’s day, your day, your product’s reputation and/or your company.