Diseño de un plan de control de calidad para la producción de yogur natural tipo I en una empresa ubicada en Durán.

Abstract

The dairy industries carried out exhaustive quality controls from the raw material to the finished product. Companies must have controlled controls registered in documented information, however, the lack of instruments and methods for quality control is one of the shortcomings that can be detected in production plants, so there is a need to design quality control plans for food production. Therefore, the objective of this research was to design a quality control plan for the production of natural yogurt type I in a dairy company located in Durán. To achieve the objectives, an on-site checklist was used based on items required in quality control from the raw material to the loading of the finished product in the means of transport according to ARCSA-067- 2015-GGG regulations, obtaining an average of 87 % non-compliance. Therefore, a total of 16 procedures, 27 formats, four technical specifications and an external analysis schedule were developed: physical, chemical and microbiological that depend on the procedures performed, allowing an adequate document standardization and an effective system in the control of operations in the production line. In the design of the control plan, costs were analyzed with respect to external analyzes, supplies, equipment, materials for physical, chemical, microbiological analysis and calibration of laboratory equipment necessary for quality control, obtaining an approximate cost of USD 24 771.44.