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Title Ethical traceability and communicating food / Christian Coff [and others]
Published Berlin : Springer, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 318 pages) : illustrations
Series The international library of environmental, agricultural and food ethics ; v. 15
International library of environmental, agricultural, and food ethics ; v. 15
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
Summary 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 systems are mainly designed and used by the people directly involved in the food chain. The people at the end of the food chain a" food consumers a" have little say in which attributes are traced, and can rarely access the information stored in traceability systems. This book draws on phil
Analysis filosofie
philosophy
ethiek
ethics
technologie
technology
sociologie
sociology
Philosophy (General)
Filosofie (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Food supply -- Moral and ethical aspects
Food industry and trade -- Communication systems
Business logistics -- Moral and ethical aspects
Food preferences -- Decision making
Food handling -- Moral and ethical aspects
Food sovereignty.
Food industry and trade -- Communication systems.
Business logistics -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Food preferences -- Decision making.
Food handling -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Food sovereignty.
Food supply -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Sciences humaines.
Sciences sociales.
Food sovereignty
Food supply -- Moral and ethical aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Coff, Christian
ISBN 9781402085246
1402085249