Delisting from EU HACCP certification: Analysis of the Philippine seafood processing industry

Ragasa, Catherine; Thornsbury, Suzanne; Bernsten, Richard H.

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2011.06.009

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“…They also had to have traceability in place. Ragasa et al (2011) reported that some farmers were requested to comply with commercial aquaculture standards (Best Aquaculture Practices/BAP of the Global Aquaculture Alliance); however, no such case was found in Pampanga during our study. Nonetheless, at the beginning of the process, only a minority of producers were registered by BFAR: 10% of the 110 farmers surveyed (Talbot, 2008).…”

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Global standardization and local complexity. A case study of an aquaculture system in Pampanga delta, Philippines

Mialhe

Morales²,

Dubuisson-Quellier

et al. 2018

Aquaculture

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International standards result from global policies formulated primarily to address issues on food safety, traceability, environmental impact as well as social accountability. As in other agro-food industries, these rules increasingly regulate aquaculture, especially since it has started to be the object of many criticisms. The standards are generally designed in a top-down way and do not always consider the local specificities of production systems. Such implementation favors the emergence of similar patterns of production and trade across different locations. Based on a case study, this paper aims to highlight the gap between the vision conveyed by expert-based, simple and replicable policies of standardization, versus the real complexity and uniqueness of local aquaculture systems. The assumption is that the lack of recognition of this complexity leads de facto to the reproduction of dominant modes of production based on standards, ignoring some local actors with a capacity for innovation, while favoring a few larger stakeholders. To reveal the gap, the study looks at some agents of an extensive aquaculture system in the Philippines and at their interaction, focusing on gleaning and trading activities. It then reveals the changes that followed the local implementation of an International food safety standard. It finally discusses (i) the links between the global and normative point of view, and the local and unique dynamics and (ii) some bridges able to reconcile both.

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Global standardization and local complexity. A case study of an aquaculture system in Pampanga delta, Philippines

Mialhe

Morales²,

Dubuisson-Quellier

et al. 2018

Aquaculture

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“…In this study, the majority of companies considered (94.4%) HACCP, ISO 22000 and other quality systems as very important, but 2 of them declared that they do not believe such systems to maintain product quality. Likewise, Ragasa et al (2011) mentioned that some food processors have not embraced food safety systems.…”

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Mol¹,

Erdogan²,

Ulusoy³

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Turk. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.

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Since Turkey is an important seafood supplier to the world market, working conditions and deficiencies of Turkish seafood processing firms were surveyed. Inadequacy of employee education was the main barrier of HACCP implementation. Unpredictable raw material availability, price of raw material, defective audit policy of the government, lack of information transfer from the universities, excessive bureaucracy, difficulty of employee education, excessive use of glazing and additives by rivals, tax rates, ignorance of the inspectors, difficulty to getting credits were the factors, complicating productivity.The domestic trade barriers were the unbounded seafood imports, antipathy of Turkish consumers against seafoods, price of seafood, inadequacy of cold chain conditions. Instability of foreign exchange, undersell of seafoods in the global market, instability of raw material quality, uninformative attitude of the government about foreign supports, communication problem with the buyers, excessive bureaucracy, obscurity of Turkish seafoods products were the barriers, complicating foreign trade.As an important seafood supplier, improving working conditions and elimination of deficiencies are essential for Turkey. Turkish government has to inform processing firms about the available supports and opportunities of foreign trade. Making provisions for distortions in credit market and providing convenience to get credit might be the other tasks of the government.Keywords: Seafood, survey, processing firm, import, export. Türk Su Ürünleri İşleme Tesislerinin Yapıları, Çalışma Koşulları Ve Eksiklikleri Üzerine Bir Anket Çalışması ÖzetTürkiye dünya pazarında önemli bir su ürünleri tedarikçisi olduğundan, Türk su ürünleri işleme tesislerinin çalışma koşulları ve eksiklikleri anket yapılarak incelenmiştir. Personel eğitimini yetersizliği HACCP sistemini uygulanması konusundaki esas engeldir. Ham materyal kalitesinin belirsizliği, ham materyalin fiyatı, devletin denetim politikasındaki yetersizlik, üniversitelerden bilgi transferinde eksik, aşırı bürokrasi, personel eğitimindeki zorluklar, rakiplerin aşırı glaze ve katkı kullanması, vergi oranları, denetçilerin bilgi eksiklikleri, kredi almadaki zorluklar üretimi güçleştiren faktörlerdir.İç pazarda ticareti güçleştiren faktörler kontrolsüz su ürünleri ithalatı, Türk tüketicisinin su ürünlerine karşı antipatisi, su ürünlerini fiyatı, soğuk zincir koşullarının yetersizliğidir. Dövizdeki istikrarsızlık, dünya pazarında su ürünlerinin düşük fiyatlara satılması, ham materyal kalitesinin değişkenliği, devletin yabancı destekler hakkında bilgilendirmede bulunmaması, alıcı ile iletişim sıkıntısı yaşanması, aşırı bürokrasi, Türk su ürünlerin yeterince tanınmıyor oluşu ise dış pazardaki zorlukları oluşturmaktadır.Önemli bir su ürünleri tedarikçisi olarak Türkiye'nin çalışma koşullarını iyileştirmesi ve eksiklikleri gidermesi gereklidir. Türkiye'nin işleme tesislerini yabancı ticaretle ilgili uygun destekler ve fırsatlar ile ilgili olarak bilgilendirmesi gereklidir. Kredi düzensizl...

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“…Further, there are indications of a lack of sustainability in the system; for example, more than 60 percent of certified firms in the seafood industry in the Philippines have recently discontinued EU HACCP certification. The lack of understanding about such decertifications is a major knowledge gap in food safety policy (Ragasa, Thornsbury, and Bernsten 2011).…”

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“…In the only such study of which we are aware, detailed cost-benefit analysis of certified and decertified firms indicates that economic factors (in contrast to noncompliance) drove decertification action(Ragasa, Thornsbury, and Bernsten 2011).…”

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Sustainability of EU Food Safety Certification: A Survival Analysis of Firm Decisions

Catherine

Thornsbury²,

Joshi

2013

SSRN Journal

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Delisting from EU HACCP certification: Analysis of the Philippine seafood processing industry

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Global standardization and local complexity. A case study of an aquaculture system in Pampanga delta, Philippines

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