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BOOKS
United Kingdom
Lees M. (2003), Food authenticity and traceability, Woodhead, Cambridge.
PARTS OF BOOKS
Boecker A., Bredhal M.E. and Northen J.R. (2003), “ISO 9000 certification in British
agribusiness: motivations and performance impacts”, 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 aims at gaining insight in the
motivation for a firm’s decision to seek ISO 9000 certification. The analysis is
based on a survey conducted on a sample of 27 British agribusiness firms.
Bredhal M.E., Northen J.R., Boecker A. and Normile M.A. (2001), “Consumer demand
sparks the growth of quality assurance schemes in the European food sector”, in
Regmi A. (ed.), Changing structures of global food consumption and trade,
Economic Research Service-USDA, Agricultural and Trade Report n. WRS-01-
1, Washington DC, pp. 90-102.
Hobbs J., Spriggs J. and Fearne A. (2001), “Institutional Arrangements and Incentive
Structures for Food Safety and Quality Assurance in the Food Chain”, in Hooker
N. and Murano E. (eds.), Interdisciplinary Food Safety Research, CRC Press,
pp. 43-68. The different approaches to food safety in the UK, Canada and
Australia are highlighted in this paper, and the attitudes of beef producers in
Canada and the UK towards quality assurance schemes are compared.
ARTICLES
Calder R. and Marr P. (1998), “A beef producer initiative in traceability: Scottish
Borders TAG”, Supply Chain Management: an International Journal, vol. 3, n.
3-1998, pp. 123–126. This article asserts that a full traceability system for beef
is possible using EID technology, which allows for increased accuracy of data
loaded, comprehensive information on each animal, reliability and speed of
access to data. The system set up by the Borders TAG Initiative in Scotland
provides a system of traceability with proven credibility through each stage of
the meat chain.
Early R. (1998), “Farm assurance – Benefit or Burden”, Journal of the RASE, vol. 159-
1998, pp. 32-43.
Fearne A. (1998), “The evolution of partnerships in the meat supply chain: insights
from the British beef industry”, International Journal of Supply Chain
Management, vol. 3, n. 4-1998, pp. 214-231. This case study describes the
evolution of supply chain partnerships in the British beef industry, driven by
changing consumer demand, food safety legislation, a concentrated and highly
competitive retail sector and the BSE crisis. The case examples demonstrate
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