Food Safety and the Adoption of Traceability: Evidence from a Wholesale Market Field Survey in China

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cangyu Jin ◽  
Retsef Levi ◽  
Qiao Liang ◽  
Nicholas Renegar ◽  
Jiehong Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Wholesale Market

scholarly journals Fish Drying in Chalan Beel Areas

1970 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 461-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
MA Samad ◽  
SM Galib ◽  
FA Flowra
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Wholesale Market ◽  
Protection Measure ◽  
Major Species ◽  
Raw Fish ◽  
Fish Marketing

A study on fish drying in Chalan Beel areas was conducted between August 2006 and February 2007. Field survey was carried out in Atrai, Singra, Tarash, and Bhangura Upazilas adjacent to Chalan Beel to assess the fish drying status. Twenty six fish were used for drying including five major fish species for large scale drying and remaining species were mixed with major species, mostly of damaged physically. Majority (89.3%) dry fish farmers brought raw fishes from local fish markets or landing centers. Washing of raw fish was done by beel water and poor quality salts were used for salting (rate: 50-250 g / kg fish) in most cases. Majority drying were done by spreading raw fishes on bamboo rack without any protection measure from insects or dust. Finally, maximum dried products were carried to Sayadpur (Nilphamary) dry fish wholesale market by the dry fish farmers or other middlemen. Key Words: Chalan Beel; Fish drying; Dry fish farmer; Raw fish; Marketing DOI: 10.3329/bjsir.v44i4.4599 Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. 44(4), 461-466, 2009

scholarly journals Determinants of Breeding Farmers’ Safe Use of Veterinary Drugs: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 2185
Author(s):  
Jianhua Wang ◽  
Chenchen Yang ◽  
Hanyu Diao
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Veterinary Drugs ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Production Environment ◽  
Industrial Organizations

As food safety has attracted the widespread attention of society, the quality safety of agricultural products has become an important part of food safety and also confronts multiple challenges. In fact, the safe use of veterinary drugs in the production process has become one of important guarantees for the quality safety of agricultural products. It’s of great significance to regulate the breeding farmers’ safe use of veterinary drugs and to create a safe and healthy production environment for agricultural products. A field survey of individual and large-scale swine breeding farmers in four typical provinces including Henan, Shandong, Jiangxi and Guizhou generated 397 questionnaires. This field survey conducted the internal and external classification of breeding farmers’ safe use of veterinary drugs and defined the breeding farmers’ safe use of veterinary drugs in the light of dosage, type and standardized operation of veterinary drugs. Based on Lewin’s behavior theory, the survey used the structural equation modeling method to systematically examine the generation path of breeding farmers’ safe use of veterinary drugs. The comprehensive analysis reveals that breeding farmers’ knowledge about veterinary drugs, the attitudes toward the government supervision and the market environment of breeding activities all exert some effects on breeding farmers’ use of veterinary drugs. Some suggestions and countermeasures for breeding farmers’ safe use of veterinary drugs are provided as follows: First, more efforts should be pumped into publicity and instruction so that breeding farmers can have a better understanding of veterinary drugs. Second, preferential policies should be formulated to encourage the breeding farmers’ participation in the industrial organizations of swine breeding farmers, and advocate the industrial organizations’ active provision of different technical trainings. Third, the communication and cooperation platform should be created among breeding farmers, slaughter and processing plants and supermarkets, the poultry insurance market should be regulated, and the insurance purchase process should be improved. Fourth, when more subsidies for harm-free and environment-friendly veterinary drugs are provided, more serious punishments should be imposed on the unsafe use of veterinary drugs to offer policy support for the breeding farmers’ standardized use of veterinary drugs.

scholarly journals Food Safety Problems in China: Based on the Illegally Waste Cooking Oil

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Chen Chuangbin ◽  
Nie Haisong
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Waste Cooking Oil ◽  
Feedback Mechanism ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Biodiesel Fuel ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Cooking Oil ◽  
Carcinogenic Substances

The illegal oil (coming from the waste cooking oil and animals’ fat, etc.) is being processed as daily edible oil by a series of processing programs in China. It contains enormous toxic carcinogenic substances such as aflatoxin, dioxins, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), etc. In China, 22 million tons of cooking oil is approximately consumed each year, however, 2-3 million tons (account for 10%) of the illegal oil is circulated back to the daily market finally. This research aims to analyze four parts among the illegal oil. It combines the Chinese food safety legal loophole with the treatments of other developed countries to solve China’s illegal oil problem. What’s more, carrying out a field survey is conducted to understand the source of the illegal oil and have a clear understanding of consumers’ usage. Next, the main reason for the spread of the illegal oil which is from the street stalls and restaurants is revealed. The new technique is also used to transform the illegal oil into biodiesel fuel (BDF), however, the material (the illegal oil) cannot be easily obtained due to many barriers and challenges in China. Based on the field survey results, setting up a specific feedback mechanism for restaurants/hotels and the other policy implications are proposed to China’s governments for solving the illegal oil issue in China.

scholarly journals Assessing Food Safety and Quality Compliance: An Evidence from Vegetable Industry

Proceedings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Riaz ◽  
Jawaid ◽  
Bajwa ◽  
Asif
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Water Contamination ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Ground Water Contamination ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Safety Regulations ◽  
Food Borne ◽  
Food Safety And Quality

The aim of present research was to assess and document the practices for prevailed food safety and quality standards as employed by small scale growers and market managers in the vegetable supply chains of Pakistan. For this purpose, cross-sectional data were collected from two provinces (Sindh and Punjab) of Pakistan targeting commercial vegetables, i.e., potato, tomato, onion, and chilies. Information regarding the food safety and quality were recorded during field survey from all the supply chain participants, i.e., growers, harvesters, processors, traders, and exporters through well-designed questionnaires. The collected data adherence with the standard requirements and identifying constraints of chain actors were analyzed using descriptive analysis. Results showed that many practices such as soil and ground water contamination, pesticide and fungicide residuals, microbial contaminants, infected labour, diggers, packaging migrants, clothes, surfaces and non-food grade containers may enhance the chances of food borne diseases among consumers. Therefore, training needs have been identified for all stakeholders that need to be addressed which will develop their understanding about the quality requirements and safety regulations. It will create opportunity in the advanced markets at national and international levels and new opportunities may arise to enhance stakeholders’ income.

Food Safety Security: A new Concept for Enhancing Food Safety Measures

2012 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Venkatesh Iyengar ◽  
Ibrahim Elmadfa
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Hazard Analysis ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Shared Responsibility ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Strategic Action ◽  
Surveillance Network ◽  
Measurement Systems ◽  
Critical Control Points ◽  
The Impact

The food safety security (FSS) concept is perceived as an early warning system for minimizing food safety (FS) breaches, and it functions in conjunction with existing FS measures. Essentially, the function of FS and FSS measures can be visualized in two parts: (i) the FS preventive measures as actions taken at the stem level, and (ii) the FSS interventions as actions taken at the root level, to enhance the impact of the implemented safety steps. In practice, along with FS, FSS also draws its support from (i) legislative directives and regulatory measures for enforcing verifiable, timely, and effective compliance; (ii) measurement systems in place for sustained quality assurance; and (iii) shared responsibility to ensure cohesion among all the stakeholders namely, policy makers, regulators, food producers, processors and distributors, and consumers. However, the functional framework of FSS differs from that of FS by way of: (i) retooling the vulnerable segments of the preventive features of existing FS measures; (ii) fine-tuning response systems to efficiently preempt the FS breaches; (iii) building a long-term nutrient and toxicant surveillance network based on validated measurement systems functioning in real time; (iv) focusing on crisp, clear, and correct communication that resonates among all the stakeholders; and (v) developing inter-disciplinary human resources to meet ever-increasing FS challenges. Important determinants of FSS include: (i) strengthening international dialogue for refining regulatory reforms and addressing emerging risks; (ii) developing innovative and strategic action points for intervention {in addition to Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) procedures]; and (iii) introducing additional science-based tools such as metrology-based measurement systems.

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