Ethical traceability and communicating food

Traceability a" the ability to track a product from farm to plate a" is now widely used in the food sector for a range of purposes: it allows companies to improve efficiency, facilitates product recall, and helps producers flag the specific characteristics of their goods. But traceability...

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Other Authors: Coff, Christian., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Berlin : Springer, 2008.
Berlin : 2008.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxvi, 318 pages) : illustrations.
Series: International library of environmental, agricultural, and food ethics ; v. 15.
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Table of Contents:
  • Regulation, Governance and Narrative Strategies of Food Traceability
  • Ethical Traceability and Informed Food Choice
  • The European Union and the Regulation of Food Traceability: From Risk Management to Informed Choice?
  • Governing and Governance in the Agri-Food Sector and Traceability
  • Narrative Strategies in Food Advertising
  • Ethical Traceability in Three Food Supply Chains: Case Studies of Danish Bacon, UK Wheat-Bread and Greek Olive Oil
  • Ethical Traceability in the Bacon Supply Chain
  • Ethical Traceability in the UK Wheat-Flour-Bread Chain
  • Traceability and Ethical Traceability in the Greek Olive Oil Chain
  • Ethical Traceability and its Philosophical Implications for Civil Society, Market, State and Democracy
  • Challenges of Ethical Traceability to the Public-Private Divide
  • Traceability of Animal Welfare: Market or State, Good or Right?
  • Consumer Rights to Food Ethical Traceability
  • Ethical Traceability and Ethical Room for Manoeuvre
  • Interpreting Traceability: Improving the Democratic Quality of Traceability
  • Conclusions and Outlook
  • Communicating Ethical Traceability
  • Conclusions and Policy Options.