(DG JRC/IPTS) - agrilife - Europa

of a fruit supply chain”, in Acts of the 88 th EAAE Seminar on ‘Retailing and
Producer-Retailer Relationships in the Food Chains’, INRA, Paris.
Canavari M., Spadoni R. and Regazzi D. (1998), “Evaluation of quality assurance
systems in the agri-food sector”, in Tempesta T. and Thiene M. (eds.),
Proceedings of the 6 th Joint Conference on Food, Agriculture, and the
Environment, University of Padova – University of Minnesota, Padova/St. Paul.
This paper illustrates the findings of a survey conducted in the Emilia-
Romagna region of Italy on the implementation of quality assurance systems
in the fruit and vegetable, meal/pasta and wine subsectors. It also focuses on
the economic analysis of the costs related to the implementation of quality
assurance systems.
Canavari M., Spadoni R., Regazzi D. and Giacomazzi F. (2002), “Large scale retailers
and diffusion in the agri-food system of the ISO 9000 certified quality
management system”, in Canavari M., Caggiati P. and Easter W. (eds.),
Economic Studies on Food, Agriculture, and the Environment, Kluwer
Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, pp. 47-56.
Canavari M. and Spadoni R. (2003), “Costo del sistema qualità a norma ISO
nell’agroalimentare: il caso Granarolo-Felsinea”, in Casati D. (ed.), La
competitività dei sistemi agricoli italiani, Franco Angeli, Milano, pp. 533-556. A
case study about the costs of implementing an ISO 9000 certified quality
management system in a great Italian milk processing firm.
Canavari M. and Spadoni R. (2004), “Performance of ISO 9000 certified quality
management systems in the agri-food sector: a questionnaire-based study in
Emilia – Romagna and Veneto”, in Schiefer G. and Rickert U. (eds.), Quality
Assurance, Risk Management and Environmental Control in Agriculture and
Food Supply Networks, Proceedings of the 82 nd EAAE Seminar,Bonn, ILB Press,
Bonn. This paper illustrates the results of a survey aimed at evaluating the
performance of ISO9000 certified quality management systems in the Emilia-
Romagna and Veneto regions of Italy. The survey was conducted with a
questionnaire-based approach.
Milone P. (2000), “Il caso Bovinmarche”, in Miele M. and Parisi V. (eds.),
Atteggiamento dei consumatori e politiche di qualità della carne in Italia e in
Europa negli anni ’90, Franco Angeli, Milano. The quality assurance scheme
for beef by Italian “Bovinmarche” cattle producers’ organisation is illustrated
in this paper.
Mora C. and Menozzi D. (2003), “Traceability costs components for meat”, in Schiefer
G. and Rickert U. (eds.), Quality Assurance, Risk Management and
Environmental Control in Agriculture and Food Supply Networks. Proceedings
of the 82 nd EAAE Seminar, Bonn, ILB Press, Bonn. This paper presents the
main results of a research on the cost components and cost drivers throughout
the supply chain connected with traceability of beef products. The study was
conducted on a sample of 15 companies, representing about 20% of the total
meat processing sector in Italy.
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