Quantity and quality of food losses along the Swiss potato supply chain: Stepwise investigation and the influence of quality standards on losses

Waste Management

Volumn 46, Issue , 2015, Pages 120-132

  Willersinn, Christian ^a   Mack, Gabriele ^a   Mouron, Patrik ^b   Keiser, Andreas ^c   Siegrist, Michael ^d  

^a AGROSCOPE   (Switzerland)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^c Swiss College of Agriculture   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Consumer preferences; Food loss; Loss treatment; Potato supply chain; Quality standards

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; DIGITAL STORAGE; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD WASTE; QUALITY CONTROL; SALES; SUPPLY CHAINS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; CONSUMER PREFERENCES; FOOD LOSS; PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS; PROCESSING ABILITY; QUALITATIVE EVALUATIONS; QUALITY SPECIFICATIONS; QUALITY STANDARD;

FOOD STORAGE;

CROP PRODUCTION; ESTHETICS; POTATO; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARD (REFERENCE); WASTE TREATMENT;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD STORAGE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC FOOD; POLICY; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SWITZERLAND; CATERING SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FOOD HANDLING;

SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SUPPLY; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84946493943     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2015.08.033     Document Type: Article

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