Role of Sustainable Quality in the Food Chain

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Ilija Djekic ◽  
Igor Tomasevic
Keyword(s):  
Food Chain

On the Origin of the Spices (and Other Foodstuffs)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Primary Production ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
Chemical Elements ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Biological Effects ◽  
Desirable Outcome ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Calcium Magnesium ◽  
Good Starting Point

The beginning of the story of food is what is termed food production. This might sound logically like the process of making food, such as a chef or food company might, but this term is rather generally used in food science to refer to the so-called primary production of food, from growth of crops to harvesting of fish and minding and milking of cows. Primary production is, for example, what farmers do, producing the food that is brought to the farm-gate, from where the processors take over. So the food chain runs, according to your preference for a snappy soundbite, from grass to glass (for milk), farm to fork, slurry to curry, or (taking the food chain to its logical conclusion, and including the role of the human gut charmingly but appropriately in the chain) from farm to flush. But where do these raw materials that are yielded by primary production actually come from? It is often said that all things found on earth can be divided into categories of animal, vegetable, and mineral. To these could perhaps be added two more categories, microbial and synthetic (man-made). Within these five groups can essentially be placed everything we know as food, so using this classification to consider where our food comes from seems like a good starting point for this book. Perhaps the simplest group to start with is minerals, which might intuitively seem an unlikely source of foodstuffs (do we eat metal or rock?), until we consider where salt comes from and how much of it we add to our food (in other words, probably too much). Our bodies, however, absolutely need for us to consume certain metals and other chemical elements to survive, beyond the sodium and chloride we get from salt, and so many extracted minerals find their way from deposits in the earth into food products. This is particularly important where their biological effects are a desirable outcome (such as in carefully formulated nutritional products). In addition, products such as milk contain minerals like calcium, magnesium, zinc, and more, because the infant or calf needs them to thrive.

scholarly journals Pioneers in the Victorian provinces: veterinarians, public health and the urban animal economy

Urban History ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 372-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Hardy
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
Health Reform ◽  
Public Health Activity ◽  
Animal Economy ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Public Health Reform

From the 1850s in Britain, concerns were growing about the role of animals in transmitting disease to man, whether through the food chain or through infection. While London is often seen as providing a model for public health reform, it was the great provincial cities that initiated veterinary involvement in public health in the closing years of the century. The emergence of this new strand of public health activity is the subject of this paper.

EVOLUTION OF AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES IN ISRAEL

2017 ◽  
Vol XIX (5) ◽  
pp. 80-86
Author(s):  
Jarosław Gołębiewski
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Agricultural Cooperatives ◽  
Organizational Model ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Cooperative Enterprises

The aim of the study was to identify changes in the role of agricultural cooperatives in the food supply chain in Israel. The potential and productivity of agriculture have been characterized. Analysis of transformations in the organizational model of agricultural cooperatives and its position in the food chain was analyzed. Two basic forms of Israeli agricultural cooperatives, kibbutz and mosquito have been characterized. Research has shown that cooperative enterprises are an important set of actors in the food supply chain in Israel.

The Role of Veterinary Sciences In Chemical Disasters and Emergencies

1989 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Mantovani
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Biological Monitoring ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
Chemical Pollution ◽  
Veterinary Services ◽  
Animal Populations ◽  
Contingency Plans ◽  
Definition Of

AbstractThe roles of the veterinary sciences in disasters and emergencies related to exposures of the environment to harmful chemicals are reviewed. Characteristics of chemical emergencies which require the use of the veterinary sciences are discussed. Veterinary services are important in the: 1) definition of the kind and severity of the pollution through biological monitoring; 2) use of animals as monitors of the environment; 3) use of changes in the health status of animals for identification of pathophysiologic changes to man and other animals (sentinels); 4) maintenance of the hygiene of elements of the food chain; 5) evacuation and management of animal populations; 6) disposal of carcasses; and 7) treatment and follow-up of involved animal populations. Veterinary services are important components of responses to incidents marked by chemical pollution and must be included in the development of contingency plans to meet the demands created by chemical pollution.

scholarly journals Epidemiological significance of Salmonella enterica serovar Montevideo and the potential role of feed for their entry into the food chain

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dubravka Milanov ◽  
Maja Velhner ◽  
Nedjeljko Karabasil ◽  
Ivana Cabarkapa ◽  
Ljiljana Suvajdzic
Keyword(s):  
Food Chain ◽  
Salmonella Enterica ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Epidemiological Significance

scholarly journals The Role of Innovation in the Integration Processes of Integrated Projects of Food Chain: The Case of the Cherry Cultivation Chain in Apulia Region

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 467-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Contò ◽  
Mariantonietta Fiore ◽  
Piermichele La Sala
Keyword(s):  
Food Chain ◽  
Apulia Region

Theory of Growth and Competition in Natural Populations

1953 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 211-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon A. Riley
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
Feeding Habits ◽  
Natural Populations ◽  
Individual Species ◽  
Ecological Groups ◽  
Reproductive Patterns ◽  
Complete Form

Classical theories of population growth and inter-species relations are briefly reviewed. It is shown how variations in feeding habits, reproductive patterns, and other aspects of population behaviour have required modifications of the basic theory in order to make it applicable to particular species. The role of the environment in population theory is also discussed, and this opens the way to a consideration of theoretical aspects of the ecology of natural populations. The latter are admittedly too complex to encourage the application of theory in its purest and most complete form. Practical attempts along these lines have simplified the problem by dealing with ecological groups—phytoplankton, zooplankton, etc.—rather than individual species. A review is presented of the methods, aims, and results of theoretical ecological investigations of the last few years. The significance of such work with respect to higher members of the food chain is discussed, and the paper concludes with remarks on some of the unsolved problems of theoretical analysis.

Improving agri-food chain relationships in Europe: the role of public policy.

2010 ◽  
pp. 250-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. M. Albisu ◽  
M. Henchion ◽  
P. Leat ◽  
D. Blandford
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Food Chain
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