The impact of fresh produce specifications on the Australian food and nutrition system: A case study of the north Queensland banana industry

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1489-1495

  White, Amy ^a   Gallegos, Danielle ^b   Hundloe, Tor ^c  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banana; Food waste; New nutrition science; Product specifications; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUEL;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MUSA; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SAFETY; FOSSIL FUELS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MUSA; NUTRITION POLICY; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUEENSLAND; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79960120335     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010003046     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Lang T (2005) Food control or food democracy? Reengaging nutrition with society and the environment. Public Health Nutr 8, 730-737. (Pubitemid 41494335)
2. Garnett T (2008) Cooking Up a Storm: Food, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Our Changing Climate. Guildford: Food Climate Research Network, Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey.
3. Larsen K, Ryan C & Abraham AB (2008) Sustainable and Secure Food Systems for Victoria: What Do We Know? What Do We Need To Know? Melbourne: Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab, Australian Centre for Science, Innovation and Society, University of Melbourne.
4. Nelleman C (2009) The Environmental Food Crisis: The Environment's Role in Averting Future Food Crises-A UNEP Rapid Response Assessment. Geneva: UN.
5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2009) Declaration of the World Food Summit on Food Security. Rome: FAO.
6. Lundqvist J, de Fraiture C & Molden D (2008) Saving Water: From Field to Fork-Curbing Losses and Wastage in the Food Chain. SIWI Policy Brief. Stockholm: Stockholm International Water Institute.
7. NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change & Water (2009) Love Food Hate Waste. . nsw.gov.au/ (accessed June 2009).
8. FoodWise (2008) Food Waste Facts. .com.au/Did%20you%20Know/Food%20Facts. aspx (accessed June 2009).
9. Jones T (2007) Using Contemporary Archaeology and Applied Anthropology to Understand Food Loss in the American Food System. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology and USDA.
10. Kader AA (2005) Increasing food availability by reducing postharvest losses of fresh produce. In Proceedings of the 5th International Postharvest Symposium, pp. 2169-2176 [F Mencarelli and O Tonutti, editors]. Verona: International Society of Horticultural Science. (Pubitemid 41386262)
11. Henningsson S, Hyde K, Smith A et al. (2004) The value of resource efficiency in the food industry: a waste minimization project in East Anglia, UK. J Cleaner Prod 12, 505-512.
12. Australian Banana Growers Council (2009) Industry Statistics. (accessed May 2010).
13. Javelosa J & Schmitz A (2006) Costs and benefits of a WTO dispute: the economic assessment. Estey Centre J Int Law Trade Policy 7, 78-83.
14. Australian Bureau of Statistics (2010) 2008-09 Agricultural Commodities. Canberra: ABS.
15. Clarke WP, Radnidge P, Lai TE et al. (2008) Digestion of waste bananas to generate energy in Australia. Waste Manag 28, 527-533. (Pubitemid 350296915)
16. Freshspecs (2006) Product Specifications: Banana, Cavendish Hybrid. Australia: Australian Chamber of Fruit and Vegetable Industries.
17. Australian Banana Growers Council & Horticulture Australia Limited (2001) Product Description Language: Bananas. Victoria: Horticulture Australia Limited.
18. US Department of Agriculture (2008) USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21 Beltsville, MD: USDA, Agricultural Research Service.
19. National Health and Medical Research Council (2006) Nutrient Reference Values for Australia and New Zealand Including Recommended Dietary Intakes. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia.
20. Australian Department of Health and Ageing (1998) Australian Guide to Healthy Eating. Canberra: Australian Department of Health and Ageing.
21. Roy P, Nei D, Orikasa T et al. (2009) A review of life cycle assessment (LCA) on some food products. J Food Eng 90, 1-10
22. International Organization for Standardization (2006) ISO 14040:2006 Environmental management-Life cycle assessment-Principles and framework. Geneva: ISO.
23. Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (2009) National Greenhouse Accounts (NGA) Factors. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia.
24. Houghton J, Callander B, Harris N et al. (editors) (1996) Climate Change 1995: The Science of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group 1 to the Second Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
25. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (2007) Banana: Market. anglais/banana/market.htm (accessed September 2009).
26. Morris T (2001) Retail Supermarket Globalisation: Who is Winning? Auckland: Coriolis Research.
27. Stuart T (2009) Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal. London: Penguin Group.
28. US Environmental Protection Agency (2000) Emission Facts: Average Annual Emissions and Fuel Consumption for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks. Ann Arbor, MI: US EPA.
29. Beauman C, Cannon G, Elmadfa I et al. (2005) The principles, definition and dimensions of the new nutrition science. Public Health Nutr 8, 695-698. (Pubitemid 41494329)
30. McAleese JD & Rankin LL (2007) Garden-based nutrition education affects fruit and vegetable consumption in sixthgrade adolescents. J Am Diet Assoc 107, 662-665. (Pubitemid 46440649)