ISBN:
9781402085246
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
,
v.: digital
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics 15
DDC:
363.8/72
Keywords:
Ethics
;
Technology Sociology
;
Sociology
;
Philosophy (General)
;
Lebensmittelproduktion
;
Rückverfolgbarkeit
;
Ernährung
;
Ethik
Abstract:
Traceability – the ability to track a product from farm to plate – is now widely used in the food sector for a range of purposes: it allows companies to improve efficiency, facilitates product recall, and helps producers flag the specific characteristics of their goods. But traceability systems are mainly designed and used by the people directly involved in the food chain. The people at the end of the food chain – food consumers – have little say in which attributes are traced, and can rarely access the information stored in traceability systems. This book draws on philosophical discourses (like ethics, political philosophy and philosophy of law) around food ethics and empirical research in three important food chains (UK bread, Danish bacon and Greek olive oil) to argue that ethical traceability systems could be used to communicate food information to consumers, allowing them not only to make food choices consistent with their own values, but also to play a more informed role in the way food is produced and distributed. It will appeal to academics, students and policy makers with an interest in traceability, food ethics and food policy.
Description / Table of Contents:
Ethical Traceability and Informed Food Choice; The European Union and the Regulation of Food Traceability: From Risk Management to Informed Choice?; Governing and Governance in the Agri-Food Sector and Traceability; Narrative Strategies in Food Advertising; Ethical Traceability in the Bacon Supply Chain; Ethical Traceability in the UK Wheat-Flour-Bread Chain; Traceability and Ethical Traceability in the Greek Olive Oil Chain; Challenges of Ethical Traceability to the Public-Private Divide; Traceability of Animal Welfare: Market or State, Good or Right?
Description / Table of Contents:
Consumer Rights to Food Ethical TraceabilityEthical Traceability and Ethical Room for Manoeuvre; Interpreting Traceability: Improving the Democratic Quality of Traceability; Communicating Ethical Traceability; Conclusions and Policy Options
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4020-8524-6
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