RFID-generated traceability for contaminated product recall in perishable food supply networks

2013 ◽  
Vol 225 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Selwyn Piramuthu ◽  
Poorya Farahani ◽  
Martin Grunow
Keyword(s):  
Food Supply ◽  
Product Recall ◽  
Supply Networks

Vegan cheeses vs processed cheeses – traceability issues and monitoring countermeasures

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Moawiya A. Haddad ◽  
Sharaf S. Omar ◽  
Salvatore Parisi
Keyword(s):  
Food Supply ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Production Method ◽  
Animal Origin ◽  
Information Load ◽  
Supply Chain Risk ◽  
Supply Networks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Traceability System

PurposeThe purpose of this study comes from the need of defining improved durability values and the realization of a good traceability management for selected vegan cheeses has suggested the comparison between a processed cheese and its analogous version without animal-origin raw materials. The durability should be studied at a well-defined temperature, probably agreed among the food producer and the food processor. In addition, the traceability system should consider many components and related suppliers.Design/methodology/approachA supply chain risk assessment analysis has been carried out with relation to two different products: an analogue cheese and a vegan cheese-like preparation. Raw materials and ingredients have been evaluated (production method and origin; geographical identification), with the aim of identifying simplified food.FindingsAn assessment of food supply networks has been carried out. In the first situation (analogue cheeses), the ingredient “cheeses” shows an important complexity: five suppliers with a related six-interconnection hub. On the other side, vegan cheeses are obtained from 11 ingredients (a challenging hub); four of them may be produced from 2–5 components of different origin (five total hubs). Tested processed cheeses are represented by means of a linear food supply network with two hubs (cheeses and “arrival” show degrees 6 and 9, respectively). Networks concerning vegan cheeses include five different hubs: four complex raw materials (degree: 2, 3, 4 and 5) and the “arrival” step (degree: 12).Originality/valueThe information load of vegan cheeses (two hubs, degrees >> average degree) appears high if compared with processed cheeses (two hubs), although the complexity of networks appears similar. Vegan cheeses may seem technologically simpler than processed cheeses and be sometimes questioned because of important traceability issues. Adequate traceability countermeasures in terms of preventive monitoring actions should be recommended when speaking of vegan cheeses. Anyway, a centralized manager would be always required.

Trust and e-business in food supply networks: summary and conclusions.

2015 ◽  
pp. 177-187
Author(s):  
M. Canavari ◽  
B. M. Novak ◽  
M. Fritz ◽  
J. Deiters ◽  
G. Schiefer
Keyword(s):  
Food Supply ◽  
Supply Networks

Food as a weapon? The geopolitics of food and the Qatar–Gulf rift

2020 ◽  
pp. 096701062091235
Author(s):  
Natalie Koch
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Critical Geopolitics ◽  
Supply Networks ◽  
Food Supply Chains ◽  
Material Supply ◽  
Logistics Networks

On 4 June 2017, Qatar was suddenly put under an embargo by its regional neighbors – an effort spearheaded by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, who cut off most of its existing land, sea, and air traffic routes. With no domestic agriculture to speak of, Qatar’s external logistics networks are essential for maintaining its food supply. The country’s 2.6 million residents, many of whom flooded the grocery stores, were understandably concerned about their ability to secure food when news about the embargo broke. Eventually, new food supply chains were established, primarily with the assistance of partners in Iran and Turkey. The ongoing rift between Qatar and its neighbors in the Arabian Peninsula, manifested only in part by this effort to undermine the country’s material supply networks raises a number of questions about an old idea: that of food as a ‘weapon’. This article puts this concept in historical and regional perspective in the Arabian Peninsula through the lens of critical geopolitics, tracing the securitizing discourses about food security and their intertwining with narratives about territorial sovereignty, nationalism, and essentialist understandings of geography to explain the causes and effects of the food embargo in the ongoing Qatar–Gulf rift.

scholarly journals Sustainability Performance in Food Supply Networks: Insights from the UK Industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 3148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoum Tsolakis ◽  
Foivos Anastasiadis ◽  
Jagjit Srai
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Supply Networks ◽  
Sustainability Performance ◽  
The Uk

The purpose of this research is to introduce a qualitative sustainability performance assessment framework for food supply networks, based on the perception of their key stakeholders’ upper management. Moreover, the paper provides industry insights by exemplifying the value of the proposed framework for the UK food industry. A critical review on the most acknowledged sustainability assessment methodologies and tools resulted in the synthesis of the proposed framework. An illustrative application follows, based on data from semi-structured interviews with C-level executives from key players of the UK poultry sector. The results demonstrate an easy-to-use approach, with a comprehensive and sharp outcome on supply chain sustainability performance assessment. Industry insights demonstrate an adequate sustainability performance with respect to the entire supply chain. A detailed view on different echelons reveals specific areas that could be improved, such as the environmental performance at both farming (production) and processing levels. This work extends the scope of current sustainability performance assessment tools by providing a tangible triple bottom-line overview, as well as echelon-specific and indicator-specific details, in a user-friendly, yet straightforward, way. UK food industry insights are valuable for practitioners and academics. The illustration is based exclusively on C-level executives’ viewpoint; thus, any generalization of the results should be considered to this effect. Supply chain stakeholders, policy-makers, and researchers could perform a quick and reliable supply network sustainability performance assessment.

Lateral inventory share-based models for IoT-enabled E-commerce sustainable food supply networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 105237
Author(s):  
Banu Yetkin Ekren ◽  
Sachin Kumar Mangla ◽  
Ecem Eroglu Turhanlar ◽  
Yigit Kazancoglu ◽  
Guo Li
Keyword(s):  
Food Supply ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Supply Networks

Sustainable Global Food Supply Networks

2013 ◽  
pp. 521-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ultan McCarthy ◽  
Ismail Uysal ◽  
Magalie Laniel ◽  
Gerard Corkery ◽  
Francis Butler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Supply ◽  
Supply Networks ◽  
Global Food ◽  
Global Food Supply

scholarly journals Corporate harm and embedded labour exploitation in agri-food supply networks

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Davies
Keyword(s):  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Corporate Crime ◽  
Network Dynamics ◽  
Supply Network ◽  
Supply Networks ◽  
Structural Problems ◽  
Labour Exploitation ◽  
And Control

Harm facilitated by corporations has received increased attention in recent years. However, corporate crime and harm remain under-researched themes in relation to labour exploitation, in both theoretical and empirical terms. The purpose of this article is to argue that, in the context of agricultural and food supply networks, harmful labour practices result from structural problems associated with the demand for products. Although individual employers and businesses have a role in facilitating these harmful practices, these practices also emerge from otherwise legitimate agri-food supply network dynamics, such as subcontracted labour, which results in fragmented responsibility. Therefore, labour practices have significant implications for the nature, organization and control of corporate harms, whereby harmful consequences become normalized, accepted and embedded in agri-food supply network practices. Criminological analyses of food production and contemporary markets more widely can begin to address the systemic challenges of harmful labour practices, in both domestic and global supply networks.

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