Remote testing: Sensory test during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.

ABSTRACT: Restrictions adopted by many countries in 2020 due to Covid-19 pandemic had severe consequences on the management of sensory and consumer testing that strengthened the tendency to move data collection out of the laboratory. Remote sensory testing, organized at the assessor's home or workplace and carried out under the live online supervision of the panel leader, represents a trade-off between adequate control and the convenience of conducting testing out of the lab. The Italian Sensory Science Society developed the "Remote sensory testing" research project aimed at testing the effectiveness and validity of the sensory tests conducted remotely through a comparison with evaluations in a classical laboratory setting. Guidelines were developed to assist panel leaders in setting up and controll

SUBMITTER: Dinnella C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8548442 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature