Factors impacting the acceptance of traceability in the food supply chain in the United States of America

2006 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 313-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. CHEEK
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
The United States ◽  
Food Supply Chain

scholarly journals Qualitative Research on Solving Difficulties in Maintaining Continuity of Food Supply Chain on the Meat Market during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (18) ◽  
pp. 5634
Author(s):  
Anna Zielińska-Chmielewska ◽  
Dobrosława Mruk-Tomczak ◽  
Anna Wielicka-Regulska
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
The United States ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Poultry Farmers ◽  
Meat Market

Although the pandemic phenomenon is not the first of its kind in human history, the common feature of COVID-19 is its rapid impact on the global economy. The challenge for the national economy on the world stage is to maintain a continuous food supply. The scientific purpose of the study is to report, analyze and evaluate backgrounds, causes of instabilities and their effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on supply and demand side of the meat market in the United States of America, China and Russia. The practical purpose of the study is to present implemented measures and recommendations on how to return to meat market equilibrium. In the theoretical part of the study, the revised public source of information coming from well-known organizations such as: EC, FAO, OECD, and WB, are used. In the practical part of the manuscript, qualitative research on the People’s Republic of China, Russian Federation, and the United States of America, along with semi-structured in-depth interviews with experts and Ishikawa diagram are presented. The primary data come from authors’ own research and collection of multiple sources. The article indicates the use of qualitative systematic review, supported by a creation of a prototype of the issues of maintaining continuity of the food supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic in the secondary sources, intensified by a keyword search. The results of the research are diverse and oriented toward the needs of the analyzed meat markets. In the case of the People’s Republic of China, the solution is to develop a system of subsidies and preferential rates for the use of rail transport in exports. In the case of Russia, the solution is to provide support to the meat and poultry farmers for cold storage of slaughtered animals. In the case of the USA, the solution is to develop technical and technological facilities in order to speed up the supply chain between local livestock with meat and poultry farmers. Moreover, the outcomes indicate that sustainability of the food supply chain needs well-thought-out support on agri-food supply production.

scholarly journals Exploring Sustainable Aspects regarding the Food Supply Chain, Agri-Food Quality Standards, and Global Trade: An Empirical Study among Experts from the European Union and the United States

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (18) ◽  
pp. 5987
Author(s):  
Katja Pietrzyck ◽  
Sebastian Jarzębowski ◽  
Brigitte Petersen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
European Union ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Trade Policy ◽  
Food Quality ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
The United States ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Food Supply Chain

Sustainability is increasingly a priority in the policies of the European Union, especially in the Common Agricultural Policy. This paper focuses on Sustainable Development Goals, the European Green Deal, and the Farm to Fork Strategy in an attempt to establish a relationship with the European Union’s trade policy. Three selected components of the agri-food sector—the food supply chain, agri-food quality standards, and global trade—are examined in relation to defined sustainability aspects. The aim is to understand the interrelationship between the three components with specific regard to sustainability, to highlight their high complexity and current relevance, to contribute to systematic analysis in this area, and to present current progress. This qualitative‒explorative study is empirically supported by a survey of market experts, and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the European Union and the United States is used as an example. The results show the complexity between the relationships of the three components with a focus on sustainability and reveal a deep uncertainty. The most notable results are the limited level of knowledge and the insufficient attention from business representatives to sustainability aspects. Finally, the study identifies the state of integrating a sustainable perspective into European Union trade policy and provides suggestions for further research.

An End User Perspective: The Impact of FSMA on Restaurants

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-92
Author(s):  
Mark Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
The United States ◽  
End Users ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
President Obama ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
Administrative Costs ◽  
The Impact

On January 4, 2011, President Obama signed into law the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA or P.L. 111-353). This act may be the most far-reaching food safety legislation since the Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act (FDCA) of 1938. FSMA aims to ensure that the U.S. food supply is safe by shifting the focus of regulation from contamination response to prevention. This legislation imposes administrative costs on the food supply chain in the United States by requiring additional record keeping and safety procedures. Previous research has shown that the value of food processing, wholesale and grocery firms was reduced by the passage of this legislation. We hypothesize that the negative value effects caused by the legislation may be partially passed on to end users of food products, specifically, restaurants. Consistent with this hypothesis, we find that passage of FSMA reduced the market value of publicly traded restaurants by approximately 5%. This result is roughly one half of the impact borne by other firms in the food supply chain. That is, we find evidence that a portion of the supply chain costs of FSMA are passed on to restaurant firms and possibly other end users such as consumers. We conclude that federal legislation that is not specifically directed at the hospitality industry may still have significant effects for hospitality firms.

scholarly journals Estimated energy and nutrient composition of different sources of food waste and their potential for use in sustainable swine feeding programs

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 359-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard Fung ◽  
Pedro E Urriola ◽  
Lawrence Baker ◽  
Gerald C Shurson
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Waste ◽  
Soybean Meal ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
The United States ◽  
Nutrient Digestibility ◽  
Municipal Waste ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Waste Transfer ◽  
Swine Diets

Abstract About 40% of the total food produced in the United States is wasted throughout the supply chain. The objective of this study was to determine the energy and nutrient content and variability of food waste sources generated at different stages within the food supply chain in the Minneapolis–St. Paul, MN, metropolitan area, and their potential for use in swine diets. A total of four waste sources were selected: supermarket (SM; retail to consumer), university residential dining hall (RH; consumer to postconsumer), a city waste transfer station (TS; postconsumer to municipal waste disposal), and household source-separated organic recycling program (SSO; postconsumer to municipal waste). Samples were collected (SM: n = 22; RH: n = 60; TS: n = 27; SSO: n =12) and analyzed for GE, proximate analyses, minerals, amino acids, and fatty acid concentrations along with lipid peroxidation indicators including peroxide value (PV) and thiobarbituric reactive substances (TBARS). Data were analyzed using a general linear model that included food waste source as the main factor, and least squared means with adjustment were used for multiple comparisons. Samples of SM food waste contained the greatest (P < 0.05) concentration of GE (5,909 kcal/kg) compared with RH, TS, and SSO sources. Calculated NE of SM (3,740 kcal/kg) was also the greatest compared with the three other food waste sources. Food waste from SM, RH, and SSO, but not TS, had greater (P < 0.05) calculated NE than published values for corn and soybean meal. Concentrations of Lys (1.82%), Met (0.53%), Thr (1.07%), and Trp (0.27) content were greater in SM than in RH, TS, and SSO, but these concentrations were less than published values for soybean meal. There were no differences (P > 0.05) in the phosphorus content of samples among food waste sources (0.30% to 0.64%). PV and TBARS were greatest (P < 0.05) in the SSO samples (PV = 82.4 meq/kg oil; TBARS = 2.44 mg malondialdehyde (MDA) eq/g oil) compared with the other three food waste sources. Although the concentrations of nutrients and calculated energy values of the food waste sources were moderately high compared with corn and soybean meal, their composition was more variable (i.e., greater SD of means). Food waste generated upstream (SM) in the food supply chain appears to have greater nutritional value than postconsumer food waste (RH, TS, and SSO), but all sources appear suitable for use in commercial swine diets provided that ME, NE, and nutrient digestibility values are well characterized.

scholarly journals Listeria monocytogenescross-contamination of cheese: risk throughout the food supply chain

2016 ◽  
Vol 144 (13) ◽  
pp. 2693-2697 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. D. SAUDERS ◽  
D. J. D'AMICO
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Contamination ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Exposure Data ◽  
Outbreak Investigations ◽  
Foodborne Outbreaks

SUMMARYListeria monocytogeneshas been the most common microbial cause of cheese-related recalls in both the United States and Canada in recent years. SinceL. monocytogenesis inactivated by pasteurization, the majority of these cases have been linked to environmental and cross-contamination of fresh-soft, soft-ripened, and semi-soft cheeses. Cross-contamination of foods withL. monocytogenesis a continuous risk throughout the food supply chain and presents unique challenges for subsequent illness and outbreak investigations. Reports on outbreaks of listeriosis attributed to cross-contamination downstream from primary processing help highlight the critical role of epidemiological investigation coupled with coordinated molecular subtyping and surveillance in the recognition and investigation of complex foodborne outbreaks. Despite their complexity, environmental sampling throughout the supply chain coupled with improved genotyping approaches and concomitant analysis of foodborne illness epidemiological exposure data are needed to help resolve these and similar cases more rapidly and with greater confidence.

scholarly journals Food Loss Waste in the United States Food Supply Chain: An Analysis of Its Functions, Oversight, and Recent Impacts from the Coronavirus Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Anna L. Price
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
The United States ◽  
Executive Branch ◽  
Government Accountability ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Inspection Service

Government oversight of the food supply chain consists of a complicated regulatory framework involving multiple executive branch agencies, congressional committees, and state governments. The agencies primarily involved with food safety issues are the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Although the above entities divide responsibility for different aspects of food safety and quality, according to a 2019 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, the patchwork of statutes and regulations has led to “inconsistent oversight, ineffective coordination, and inefficient use of resources.”

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