As an important indicator of the freshness, nutritional status and safety of food, the importance of the shelf life of food is becoming more and more evident with the frequent exposure of food safety incidents in recent years.

Deterioration of food is an irreversible process related to time. When the sensory properties of the food change significantly and unacceptably over time, and the physical and chemical parameters no longer meet the quality requirements, it indicates that the food has reached an unacceptable end point of fission. As one of the characteristics of food deterioration, the determination of the shelf life of food is very important. On the one hand, to ensure food safety; On the other hand, to demonstrate the commitment of food manufacturers to consumers on the quality characteristics of food, such as color, aroma and taste.

A shelf life is required for foods that have been first developed, changed in packaging or storage conditions. Food products that have already established a shelf life shall also be further validated and verified.

Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China

GB 7718 General Principles of Prepackaged Food Labeling

T/CNFIA 001General Guide to Food Shelf Life ( Group Standard of China Food Industry Association) elaborates on the definition of shelf life, i.e., the period of time during which a food product maintains its quality under the specified storage conditions, respectively; In addition, T/CNFIA 001 also provides a reference for the design of shelf life assessment schemes.

ISO 16779 Sensory Analysis Evaluation of Shelf Life of Food (Determination and Validation)

Ti Group has a robust sample storage facility and a professional testing and analysis team that can provide customized shelf-life solutions for different types of food manufacturers, including long-term stability testing and accelerated destructive testing, to help enterprises effectively evaluate the shelf life of their products. Including:

Project scheme communication: including the purpose of shelf-life assessment, product formula, environmental conditions of product storage and transportation, packaging forms and materials, indicators and time period to be examined to assess the project scheme.

Roject scheme identification: determination of the samples’storage conditions and test items, sample batches, sampling timelines, etc..

Project scheme implementation: conduct shelf-life assessment tests and collect data in accordance with the identified project scheme.

Project scheme conclusions: data aggregation and analysis, assessment of reasonable shelf life intervals, and provision of shelf life assessment reports.

Meanwhile, as a professional third-party technical service institution, we can also provide enterprises with optimization of product formula, storage,transportation environment and packaging conditions to help food enterprises improve food safety and supply chain risk management.

1. Technical support team with years of food industry working background and rich experience in food shelf life testing;

2. Comprehensive service, can provide professional customized services for the determination and improvement of product shelf life;

3. Testing laboratories are widely distributed and have rich experience in product testing.