ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 8589 Second edition 2007-12-15 Sensory analysis General guidance for the design of test rooms Analyse sensorielle Directives générales pour la conception de locaux destinés a I'analyse Reference number ISO 8589:2007(E) @ISO2007 d by IHS under licens Not for Resale ISO 8589:2007(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by IsO member bodies. In the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ISO2007 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, IsO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 . CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ ISO 2007 - All rights reserved edwithoutlicense from IHS Not for Resale ISO 8589:2007(E) Contents Page Foreword 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions.. 4 Principle. 5 Creation of test rooms 6 Testing area.... 6.1 General requirements 6.2 Testing booths ... 6.3 Area for group work.... 7 Preparation area.... 7.1 General requirements.. 7.2 Equipment... 8 Office.. 8.1 General requirements 8.2 8.3 Fittings 9 Additionalareas. 10 Additional information.. Annex A (informative) Examples of test room layouts. 8 Bibliography Copyright International Organization for Standardizalon ghts reserved ii nse from IHS Not for Resale ISO 8589:2007(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies technicalcommittees.Eachmemberbodyinterestedinasubjectforwhichatechnicalcommitteehasbeer established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with isO, also take part in the work. iso collaborates closely with the InternationalElectrotechnicalCommission(lEC)onallmattersofelectrotechnicalstandardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2. The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO 8589 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 34, Food products, Subcommittee SC 12, Sensory analysis. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (isO 8589:1988), which has been technically revised. ISo 2007 - All rights reserved ional Organization for Standardizatior INTERNATIONALSTANDARD ISO 8589:2007(E) Sensory analysis - General guidance for the design of test rooms 1 Scope This International Standard provides general guidance for the design of test rooms intended for the sensory analysisofproducts It describes the requirements to set up a test room comprising a testing area, a preparation area, and an office, specifying those that are essential or those that are merely desirable. This International Standard is not specific f