During the past century, the microbiological safety of the US food supply has improved; however, many foodborne illnesses and outbreaks occur annually. Hence, opportunities for the food industry to improve the safety of both domestic and imported food exist through the adoption of risk-based preventive measures. Challenging food safety issues that are on the horizon include demographic changes ...

The fastest growing segment of the global population is the one that has to date largely been overlooked by the food industry and relatively few food and drink products have been actively targeted to these ageing consumers (Costa & Jongen 2010, Hensel 2012). The majority of new products that are introduced are positioned to a younger demographic – the principal grocery shopper aged 21 to 49 yea...

The food industry appreciates the complexity of applying the new Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) in labeling. The industry is prepared to update food labels to reflect new nutrient recommendations and views upcoming changes as an opportunity to harmonize nutrition information across the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005, MyPyramid.gov, and the food label. Members of the Grocery Manufacture...

Industry-based front groups can serve as powerful tools when businesses attempt to avoid government regulation. In 1994, RJ Reynolds started a ‘coalition’ called Get Government Off Our Back (GGOOB). By creating an organization that was not explicitly sponsored by the tobacco industry, RJ Reynolds gained endorsements from non-industry groups to support the industry’s views against government reg...

This paper presents a literature review of the issues surrounding supply chain risk management within the UK food industry and identifies key risk management techniques used by the food industry. The paper also presents the results from a pilot survey. The survey was conducted in an effort to explore further the understanding and perceptions that entities within the UK food supply chains have r...

Operating conditions for the food industry in general and pork production in particular are changing. The safety and quality of food are attracting increasing concern from the consumer, especially in industrialised countries. This paper describes the impact on the swine industry and on the veterinary profession of the 'farm-to-table' concept and the implementation of hazard analysis and critica...

Food waste stemmed from food contamination and ineffective quality control is a significant challenge to food management. Supply chain traceability has become an essential task of the food industry for guaranteeing food quality and safety and reducing food waste. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has emerged as a lead technology in the development of traceability systems, which enable autom...

Obesity has become an epidemic and an important public health concern. Because the problem is multidimensional, the solution will require an interdisciplinary approach involving the cooperation of the food industry with other stakeholders, such as the government, academia, and health care providers. The consumer is an important player in the solution to obesity because the consumer can make hea...

Whereas public information campaigns have failed to reverse the rising trend in obesity, economists support food taxes as they suggest they can force individuals to change their eating behavior and make the agro-food industry think more about healthy food products. Excise taxes based on the unhealthy nutrient content would be more effective since they impact more on unhealthy food products than...

the debt is one of the principal component of accounting equation and capital structure of most companies. during last fifteen years the usage trend of debt was increasingly improved in companies' eps. american ones. in this research we tried to answer the following question: is there any meaningful relation between debt ratio and return on assets (roa) in sec of tehran and its industries?...