International Food Safety Standards: Catalysts for Increased Chinese Food Quality?

Codex Alimentarius: food quality and safety standards for international trade.

Since 1962, the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) of the Food and Agriculture Organisation/World Health Organisation has been responsible for developing standards, guidelines and other recommendations on the quality and safety of food to protect the health of consumers and to ensure fair practices in food trade. The mission of the CAC remains relevant, but a number of factors have shown the n...

Food Quality and Standards

Food Quality Standards: Quality Issues and Challenges of Food Chain in Burkina Faso

Background: In Burkina Faso, the agricultural sector accounts for 35% of the gross domestic product (GDP) and employs 82% of the active population. The agri-food industries must apply the requirements of the management systems to improve their economic position and ensure sustainable development. The present study aimed to highlight the similarities and particularities of these repositories gro...

Selection of Food Safety Standards

This paper examines performance versus process standards modeling the variability of industry-level compliance and therefore food safety. Monte Carlo simulations are conducted manipulating four factors: the variances of input use of efficient and inefficient firms, the proportion of inefficient firms in the industry and the policymakers' level of risk aversion. Results suggest that process stan...

Food Quality and Safety