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Ethical Traceability and Communicating Food

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  • © 2008

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Editors:
  1. Christian Coff

    1. Centre for Ethics and Law, Denmark

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  2. David Barling

    1. Centre for Food Policy, City University, UK

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  3. Michiel Korthals

    1. Applied Philosophy Group, Wageningen University, Netherlands

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  4. Thorkild Nielsen

    1. Department of Manufacturing and Management, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

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  • Covers a topic that is currently high on the agenda of the food industry and policy makers
  • The first book to link traceability (which is proliferating in food chains) to the ethics of food production, hence ethical traceability
  • Uniquely, it approaches the subject from three angles:
  • It looks at the philosophical underpinnings of food ethics
  • It examines the role of traceability in contemporary food governance
  • It investigates the practicalities of applying traceability to production ethics in three important food chains
  • Explores the possibilities for using ethical traceability to communicate with consumers, to help them make informed choices

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Regulation, Governance and Narrative Strategies of Food Traceability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-21
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    2. Ethical Traceability and Informed Food Choice

      • Christian Coff, Michiel Korthals, David Barling
      Pages 1-18

    3. The European Union and the Regulation of Food Traceability: From Risk Management to Informed Choice?

      • Alessandro Arienzo, Christian Coff, David Barling
      Pages 23-42

    4. Governing and Governance in the Agri-Food Sector and Traceability

      • David Barling
      Pages 43-62

    5. Narrative Strategies in Food Advertising

      • Guido Nicolosi, Michiel Korthals
      Pages 63-78

  3. Ethical Traceability in Three Food Supply Chains: Case Studies of Danish Bacon, UK Wheat-Bread and Greek Olive Oil

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-81
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    2. Ethical Traceability in the Bacon Supply Chain

      • Thorkild Nielsen, Niels Heine Kristensen
      Pages 83-123

    3. Ethical Traceability in the UK Wheat-Flour-Bread Chain

      • Rosalind Sharpe, David Barling, Tim Lang
      Pages 125-165

    4. Traceability and Ethical Traceability in the Greek Olive Oil Chain

      • Agapi Vassiliou, Emmanouil Kabourakis, Dimitris Papadopoulos
      Pages 167-191

  4. Ethical Traceability and its Philosophical Implications for Civil Society, Market, State and Democracy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-194
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    2. Challenges of Ethical Traceability to the Public-Private Divide

      • Christian Coff
      Pages 195-215

    3. Traceability of Animal Welfare: Market or State, Good or Right?

      • Liesbeth Schipper
      Pages 217-233

    4. Consumer Rights to Food Ethical Traceability

      • Volkert Beekman
      Pages 235-249

    5. Ethical Traceability and Ethical Room for Manoeuvre

      • Michiel Korthals
      Pages 251-265

    6. Interpreting Traceability: Improving the Democratic Quality of Traceability

      • Marco Castagna
      Pages 267-274

  5. Conclusions and Outlook

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 275-276
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    2. Communicating Ethical Traceability

      • Volkert Beekman, Christian Coff, Michiel Korthals, Liesbeth Schipper
      Pages 277-291

    3. Conclusions and Policy Options

      • Christian Coff, David Barling, Michiel Korthals
      Pages 293-301

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 304-318
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About this book

The theme of this book evolved from the idea of linking three concepts around food: traceability, ethics and informed choice. We believe that the current devel- ment and implementation of traceability in the agri-food sector offers an interesting way not only of handling food safety but also of addressing and communicating ethical issues arising from current food production practices. Practices in the agri-food sector worry food consumers (as we all are, since we need to eat and drink to stay alive). But how can consumers act upon their concerns? Paradoxically, although consumers are bombarded with information on food – from the media, the food industry, food authorities, NGOs and interest groups – details about how foods are actually produced is often hard to find. Much of the infor- tion available is superficial, conflicting or partial, and it is hard for consumers seeking to mak e informed food choices to know which information to trust. The consumers we interviewed for this project felt that information about food products was withheld and manipulated. Traceability, which provides a record of the history and journey of a given food, and which is increasingly used in the food sector for legal and commercial reasons, has the potential to communicate a more authentic picture of how food is produced.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Ethics and Law, Denmark

    Christian Coff

  • Centre for Food Policy, City University, UK

    David Barling

  • Applied Philosophy Group, Wageningen University, Netherlands

    Michiel Korthals

  • Department of Manufacturing and Management, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

    Thorkild Nielsen

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