Belinska S.
Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Commodity
Studies, Safety and Quality Management, Kyiv National Trade and Economics
University, Kyiv, Ukraine
Moroz O.
Doctor of Economics, Professor, Head of the Department of Entrepreneurship
and Financial Activities, Vinnytsia National Technical University, Vinnytsia, Ukraine
Kamienieva N.
Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Commodity
Studies, Safety and Quality Management, Kyiv National Trade and Economics
University, Kyiv, Ukraine
Moroz I.
Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of
Cybernetics and Systems Analysis, Kyiv National Trade and Economics University,
Kyiv, Ukraine
Kepko V.
Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of
Entrepreneurship, Trade and Stock Exchanges, Bila Tserkva National Agrarian
University, Bila Tserkva, Ukraine
METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE PROCESS OF
FORMING A QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR FROZEN FRUIT
AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTION
Introduction. The growing popularity of a healthy lifestyle is accompanied by
an increase in the diet of the fruit and vegetable production the quality of which is
guaranteed by the producer and undergoes minimal changes throughout the life cycle.
The guaranteed quality is a fundamental feature of the products and one of the essential
motivations of the potential buyers to their acquisition. The category of food quality is
multifaceted. It combines safety, nutritional, biological value, organoleptic, ergonomic
properties, compliance with the modern theories and dietary trends and so on. At the
same time the quality generated during the production process is not stable, since the
overwhelming share of food products is a multi-component system in which the
physical, chemical, and biochemical processes take place. The result of these processes
are changes in consumer properties whose depth determines the storage time.
Research results. The formation of food quality is a complex process that
requires the permanent management of a number of factors of influence on the
predicted quality of the product. The management features stem from the specifics of
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