...Georgina Cairns; Marisa De Andrade; Jane Landon Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the feasibility and utility of developing an independently defined and accredited benchmark standard for responsible food marketing. To identify provisional evidence and insights on factors likely...

...Dr Stefano Pascucci, Dr Liesbeth Dries, Professor Konstantinos Karantininis and Professor Gaetano Martino; Sevasti Chatzopoulou Purpose – The need for food safety and food quality standards is acknowledged by public regulators, private actors, and the society. The purpose of this paper...

... supplying in 2009. The main reasons for quitting are ageing of the household, health problems and an increase in off-farm employment alternatives and not supply chain modernisation and milk quality standards. The institutional innovations which are associated with integration in modern supply chains...

...Henrik Anders Ringsberg Purpose – Implementing global traceability standards (GTSs) facilitates interoperability in food supply chains (FSCs). The purpose of this paper is to present incentives, opportunities and requirements for implementing GTSs in a fresh FSC. Design/methodology/approach...

.... Design/methodology/approach – Serbian assurance scheme was covered in this paper included food safety legislation, control and standards. Findings – The food safety system in Serbia needs improvements in the area of effectiveness and efficiency of food safety control and inspection services...

...Martin Hingley; Adam Lindgreen; Jon Reast; Katharina Poetz; Rainer Haas; Michaela Balzarova Purpose The rise of CSR followed a demand for CSR standards and guidelines. In a sector already characterized by a large number of standards, the authors seek to ask what CSR schemes apply to agribusiness...

... primary production standards. Design/methodology/approach A desk study focusing on published literature and historical documentation. Findings The majority of primary production standards are based upon codes of good practice with only tenuous links between the standards and the required...

... standard for food safety, irrespective of the country of origin. Promulgating such harmonized standards would reduce the risk and the costs involved in assessing food safety. Giraud‐Héraud et al. (2005) have documented the emergence of a new type of retailer‐led spot market, characterized...

... standards and third‐party certification, the global value chain governance shifts from a relational type to a power‐based type, with possible negative welfare effects. Research limitations/implications Further research would be required to verify the welfare effects suggested on the theoretical ground...

...Denise Worsfold Purpose The purpose of this case study was to obtain information on the hygiene standards of food premises using the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000. Design/methodology/approach Eight local authorities in South Wales were asked to provide the most recent food hygiene...

...Sylvanus Thompson; Ron de Burger; Olayemi Kadri Purpose To describe and then review the Toronto food inspection to describe that inspection system and to assess the mandated completion rates, compliance rates, impact of food‐handler training and levels of standardization in inspection...

...Jeremy Leach; Heather Mercer; Graham Stew; Stephen Denyer The notion of consumer sovereignty is not a new concept. However to effectively use it as a tool to improve food hygiene standards, proprietors of eating‐places must know what customers look for to assess those standards. It is also...

... or recipe has impacted on food safety. Progressively, controls on food standards and labelling were developed and introduced, the pace quickening from about 1950 onwards. Controls from the 1970s have had to be harmonised across the European Community. Recent concerns over food safety have involved food...

... or to a low response rate. Alliances Conjoint analysis Meat Quality Standards Transaction costs The retail market for beef in the UK is dominated by five major supermarket multiples[1]. As a result, supermarkets now have far more influence on vertical co‐ordination[2, 3 ] throughout...

...Carrie H.S. Ruxton; Terry R. Kirk; Neville R. Belton; Michael A.M. Holmes Presents new data comparing the nutrient content of school meals to proposed standards and showing the contribution of school meals to the overall diet of seven to eight‐year‐old children. School meals contributed 24 per cent...

... for monitoring standards in care homes and nationally agreed standards are essential to improve levels of food safety, protect vulnerable elderly people and maintain the credibility of the environmental health profession. FOOD SAFETY MONITORING: ELDERLY IN PRIVATE CARE 3 Surveys standards and nature...

...Paula Brooke The history, structure and functions of the Local Authorities Co‐ordinating Body on Trading Standards (LACOTS) are reviewed, and its future role with the EC and the expansion of its terms of reference are discussed. LACOTS is a functioning and successful body with wide expertise...

... Food Health and safety Manufacturing systems Standards 14 BRITISH FOOD JOURNAL 93,8 S maller manufacturers must work hard to keep up with expert knowledge and observe new laws and standards on imported ingredients. The Food Safety Act: Implications for the Smaller Manufacturer Ingredients...

...;enforcement; offences; inspectors′ powers; consumer protection;regulatory powers of ministers; novel foods; registration/licensing;defences; and the administration of the new Act. It is concluded that the new Act will lead to an uplifting of standards towards those of the best. THE FOOD SAFETY ACT 1990...

...Peter Bowbrick The case for compulsory minimum standards in those cases where the consumer cannot readily assess the quality before purchase is examined. The most common justifications are reduction in search, reduction in risk for the consumer and monopoly profits for producers. The factors...