Benchmarking international food safety and quality systems towards a framework for fresh produce in the transitional economies

Baines, R.; Davies, W.; Batt, Peter

Access Status

Fulltext not available

Authors

Baines, R.

Davies, W.

Batt, Peter

Date

2006

Type

Conference Paper

Metadata

Show full item record

Citation

Baines, Richard and Davies, W. and Batt, Peter. 2006. : Benchmarking international food safety and quality systems towards a framework for fresh produce in the transitional economies, in Batt, P. J. (ed), First International Symposium on Improving the Performance of Supply Chains in the Transitional Economies, Jul 19 2005, pp. 69-76. Chiang Mai: ISHS.

Source Title

Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Improving the Performance of Supply Chains in the Transitional Economies

Source Conference

First International Symposium on Improving the Performance of Supply Chains in the Transitional Economies

Additional URLs

http://www.actahort.org

http://www.actahort.org/books/699/699_6.htm

Faculty

Department of Agribusiness

Division of Resources and Environment

Muresk Institute

Remarks

To access the full text see this link.

http://www.actahort.org/books/699/699_6.htm

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39463

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

Considerations for food safety, quality assurance and the increasing importance of credence attributes are directly influencing market access for developing country producers in the world's most developed markets. Voluntary quality assurance systems building on and additional to the regulatory requirements (for safety) increasingly define end market requirements. While some schemes offer superior characteristics in addition to management advantages in the supply chain, other schemes are regarded as deficient and sometimes misleading in delivering proclaimed quality and safety criteria. Producers and exporters in developing economies must understand and recognise the appropriateness of these various schemes and their value in the growing international trade for agri-food products.