In an inspection for protrusion of the melted thermoplastic material of
transversal line seal into inside, it is an object to provide a quality
inspection method and a quality inspection device which can easily detect
projection on edge of seal, securely capture even fine unevenness which
could not visually found, and allows for accurate and reliable inspection
without variation of inspection.The quality inspection method comprise
steps of returning container formed from a web-like packaging laminated
material to a shape of pillow-like preliminary forming, cutting container
wall to sample a filled food, preparing the sampled body, measuring an
edge of the transversal seal zone on the inside of the container over the
whole length of the outer surface of the edge for unevenness of the outer
surface by a detecting unit, and judging an acceptability of the
transversal seal zone based on signals from the detecting unit by an
analyzing unit.