Private food safety standards have become an important governance mechanism in
contemporary food supply chains. While much has been written about private standards …

Risk‐based monitoring programs are increasingly applied for cost‐effective monitoring of
food safety. Such programs ideally consist of three steps: risk‐ranking, risk‐based …

In this article, we discuss the value of the RIT model for analyzing complex governance
relationships in the regulation of food safety. By exploring food safety regimes involving the …

Food safety regulation in the EU is a complex arrangement of public laws and private food
standards. This chapter discusses the structure of private food safety standards and the …

Long supply and complex fresh produce supply chains provide opportunity for fraudulent
activity to occur especially further processing or re-packing of products to mask opaque …

Historically, market regulation has played an important role in shaping the trajectory of
scientific and technological innovation in food and agriculture. However, regulators' …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critique the existing and emerging alternative
approaches being used by regulators and industry to verify the presence and efficacy of food …

Recent food safety crises have led to the development of new collaborations between public
authorities and food operators in monitoring food safety. To date, most of the literature has …

Official food control inspections (official inspections) of food establishments and third party
audits of food safety management systems (FSMSs) based on international standards both …

The food business operators (FBOs) hold the main responsibility for food safety, based on
the Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 and realized by the application of the hazard analysis and …