Traceability in the food animal industry and supermarket chains

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 584-597

  Pettitt, R G ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal products; Assurance; Food; Livestock; Supermarkets; Traceability

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; CATTLE; DAIRY PRODUCT; EPIDEMIC; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; POULTRY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SWINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD LABELING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; LEGISLATION, VETERINARY; MEAT; MEAT PRODUCTS; POULTRY; POULTRY PRODUCTS; QUALITY CONTROL; SWINE;

EID: 0035650132     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.20.2.1299     Document Type: Review

References (35)

1. 3-Com (1999). - Business-to-business electronic commerce: market landscape and solutions, 25 pp. Website: http://www.3com. com/technology/tech_net/white_papers/ 503048.html (document accessed on 15 March 2001).
2. Anon. (1999). - Partnerships/alliances in the British beef industry are the only way to maintain safety and quality. Website: http://www.rdg.ac.uk/AcaDepts/ae/rjl/aemscfams/ partners.htm (document accessed on 15 March 2001).
3. Assured British Meat (ABM) (1999). - Product identification and traceability. In ABM abattoir, cutting and packing standards manual. Ref. No. AB/SM0001. ABM, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, p. 21.
4. Baines R.N. & Davies W.P. (1997). - Food quality assurance, public perceptions and international benchmarks. In Globalisation of the food industry: policy implications (R.J. Loader, S.J. Henson & WB. Trail, eds). University of Reading, Reading, 109-124.
5. Baines R.N. & Davies W.P. (1999). - Environmental and animal safety dimensions to developing food safety and quality assurance initiatives in the United Kingdom. International Workshop on market rights and equity: food and agriculture standards in a shrinking world. Institute for Food & Agncultural Standards, Michigan State University. Website: http://www.royagcol.ac.uk/research/document/ifas99.htm (document accessed on 19 March 2001).
6. Browning A. (1997). - Opening address (Food chain management conference). In Management of regulation in the food chain - balancing costs, benefits and effects (B.J. Marshall & F.A. Miller, eds). Centre of Agricultural Strategy (CAS) Paper 36. CAS, Reading, 12-17.
7. Cabinet Office (UK) (2000). - Rights of Exchange: social, health, environmental and trade objectives on the global stage. Cabinet Office Performance and Innovation Unit, London, 237 pp. Website: http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/innovation/2000/trade/rights.pdf (document accessed on 19 March 2001).
8. Calder R. & Marr P (1998). - A beef producer initiative in traceability: Scottish Borders TAG. Supply Chain Manag., 3 (3), 123-126.
9. Caswell J.A. & Henson S.J. (1997). - Interaction of private and public food quality control systems in global markets. In Globalisation of the food industry: policy implications (R.J. Loader, S.J. Henson & W.B. Trail, eds). University of Reading, Reading, 217-234.
10. Commission of the European Communities (1989). - Council Directive 89/397/EEC of 14 June 1989 on the official control of foodstuffs. Off. J. Eur. Communities, L 186, 23-26.
11. Commission of the European Communities (1998). -Commission Decision 98/692/EC of 25 November 1998 amending Decision 98/2 56/EC as regards certain emergency measures to protect against bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Off. J. Eur. Communities, L 328, 28-35.
12. Commission of the European Communities (2000). - White Paper on food safety. Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, 52 pp. Website: http:// europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/health_consumer/library/pub/pub06 _en.pdf (document accessed on 20 March 2001).
13. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Canada) (1998). - Farm to plate traceability - the food marketing trend? Website: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/ geo/html_documents/84228-e.htm (document accessed on 19 March 2001).
14. Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) (2000). - What is ECR? Website: http://www.ecrnet.org (document accessed on 19 March 2001).
15. European Commission Information Society Directorate-General (1999). - Electronic commerce - an introduction. Website: http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ecommerce/answers/ introduction.html (document accessed on 20 March 2001).
16. Fearne A. (1998). - The evolution in the meat supply chain: insights from the British beef industry. Supply Chain Manag., 3 (4), 214-230.
17. Food Trak (2001). - How it works. Website: http:// www. farmline.com/folcorps/food t rak/how_it_works. asp (document accessed on 18 April 2001).
18. Gregor S., Jones K. & Menzies D. (1999). - Supply chain management and electronic data transfer in the Australian beef industry. Position Paper. Version 1.0. Central Queensland University, Rockhampton. Website: http://www.mecis-nn.cqu.edu.au/positionpaper/pos-paper-1.0.html (document accessed on 20 March 2001).
19. House of Commons (1998). - Select Committee on Agriculture Fourth Report. Website: http:// www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cml99798/ cmselect/cmagric/331iv/ag0402.htm (document accessed on 20 March 2001).
20. Joint Food Safety and Standards Group (JFSSG) (1999). -Food law. Food Standards Agency, JFSSG, London, 80 pp. Website: http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk/maff/pdf/foodlaw. pdf (document accessed on 20 March 2001).
21. McGrann J. & Wiseman H. (2001). - Animal traceability across national frontiers in the European Union. In Traceability of animals and animal products (M.K. Sheridan & H.A. McDaniel, eds). Rev. sci. tech. Off. int. Epiz., 20 (2), 406-412.
22. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) (1999). -Working together for the food chain. Booklet PB4717. MAFF, London, 67 pp. Website: http://www.maff.gov.uk/foodrin/ fdchain/fdchain.pdf (document accessed on 20 March 2001).
23. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) (2001). -Date-based export scheme. Website: http://www.maff.gov. uk/animalh/im-trde/prod-ex/dbes/dbes-f.htm (document accessed on 20 March 2001).
24. Pennington Group (1998). - Report on the circumstances leading to the 1996 outbreak of infection with E. coli O157 in Central Scotland, the implications for food safety and the lessons to be learned. The Scottish Office, Edinburgh. Website: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library/documents-w4/pgr-00.htm (document accessed on 20 March 2001).
25. Porter C. (2000). - Setting the Meat Standard. Meat Int., 10 (8), 12-16.
26. Phillips N., Bridgeman J. & Ferguson-Smith M. (2000). - The BSE inquiry. Vol. 1: findings and conclusions. The Stationary Office, Norwich, 308 pp. Website: http://www. bseinquiry.gov.uk/report/volume 1/toc.htm (document accessed on 18 April 2001).
27. Ribo O., Korn C., Poucet A., Meloni U., Cropper M., De Winne P. & Cuypers M. (2000). - Animal tagging and traceability activities in the framework of the fight against fraud. In Symposium on latest developments in livestock identification and traceability, 16 February, Milton Keynes. Meat and Livestock Commission, Milton Keynes, CD-ROM.
28. Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) (2000). - What is the freedom food scheme? Website: http://www.rspca.org.uk/content/about_rspca/ freedom.html (document accessed on 19 March 2001).
29. Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd (1999). - Delivering the product. Manual. Website: http://www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/sid/ documents/sid_dtpmanual.pdf (document accessed on 21 March 2001).
30. Sainsbury J., pic (1999). - Sainsbury's completes GM elimination. News release 19 July. Website: http://www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/environment/pr/99/07-GMeli mination.htm (document accessed on 21 March 2001).
31. Sainsbury J., plc (1996). - Sainsbury's supermarkets' animal welfare principles. In 1996 interim environmental report. Website: http://www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/environment/hi-fi/ page27.htm (document accessed on 19 March 2001).
32. Schroder W.R. & Marks N. (1996). - The retailer-driven UK food industry, structure, performance and implications for Australia. Aust. Agribusiness Rev., 4 (2), 30-41. Website: http://www.agribusiness.asn.au/review/1996v4no2/ 96Schroder.htm (document accessed on 18 April 2001).
33. Society of Food Hygiene Technology (SOFHT) (2000). - A small price to pay for freedom. Technical Report. SOFHT Focus, 28. Website: http://www.sofht.co.uk/sf28_ freedomf.htm (document accessed on 20 March 2001).
34. Tesco (2001). - What is the Tesco Information Exchange? Website: http://www.tesco.com/tie/main.htm (document accessed on 21 March 2001).
35. Uniform Code Council Inc. (1995). - UCC/EAN-128 application identifier standard. Website: http://www.uc-council.org/reflib/00403/d30-t.htm (document accessed on 18 April 2001).