Food scandals, media attention and habit persistence among desensitised meat consumers

Rieger, Jörg; Kuhlgatz, Christian; Anders, Sven

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.09.005

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“…Recently, in Tanzania, consumers have considered organic foods because they are produced without using pesticides and other farming-related materials that are reportedly harmful to human health [11]. Fast-spreading information through social and other media on food scandals and multiple warnings about conventional foods have influenced consumers to consider organic foods [12,13]. For example, according to a study [14], 11% of milk powder samples that were purchased in Tanzania contained melamine at dangerous levels.…”

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Factors Influencing Organic Food Purchase Intention in Developing Countries and the Moderating Role of Knowledge

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The current study focuses on understanding the factors (subjective norms (SNs), personal attitude, and perceived behaviour control (PBC)) that influence consumer purchase intention regarding organic food from the theory of planned behaviour and health consciousness as an additional factor in Tanzania and Kenya. It further explains the role of knowledge as a moderating variable in organic food purchase intention. A total of 331 responses from Tanzania and 350 responses from Kenya were obtained. Confirmatory factor analysis was applied for validation, and results were analysed using structural equation modeling. SNs, personal attitudes, and health consciousness were found to be significant predictors of organic purchase intention in both countries. Furthermore, findings show that knowledge positively moderates the relationship among SNs, personal attitude, health consciousness, and organic food purchase intention. However, PBC was found to be a weak influencer on consumer purchase intention in Kenya, and no knowledge interaction between PBC and consumer purchase intention in Tanzania was found. The current study theoretically contributes to the literature by introducing the moderating role of knowledge in the relationship. The results show that knowledge interaction increases the effects of the majority of predictors after being introduced in the relationship. Finally, this study provides an understanding of consumers’ perspective regarding their intention to purchase organic foods, which will help stakeholders, such as marketers, retailers, and producers, to achieve marketing strategies for the development of these products.

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“…One of the most used strategies to combat them is to remove contaminated products, withdrawals are important since they focus on eliminating the source of the problem to prevent additional diseases; some studies show the significantly negative influence on the behavior of consumers who stop consuming potentially contaminated foods, become fearful of purchasing these products, consequently withdrawals can also inflict serious damage in an industry by stigmatizing all similar products, including which are safe [5]. All the scandals associated with food security have an impact on the household consumption response and on the probability of acquiring the affected meat products in the future [6].…”

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Effect of ammonium hydroxide on quality of meat products

Acevedo-Correa¹,

Rodriguez-Meza²,

Martelo³

2018

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This review summarizes the research on the use of ammonium hydroxide a very controversial chemical substance, generally used in the meat industry as a pH regulating agent, control of microorganisms, to increase the quality parameters of meat products among others. It provides a broad view of the controversy surrounding its use, until addressing the studies carried out by some authors, their main conclusions and the most important forms of detection; Although the research on ammonium hydroxide in food is very limited, it will be possible to appreciate all the benefits of this chemical agent. The results of this review show that the correct application of ammonium hydroxide following the principles of good manufacturing practices and established food standards contribute to improve some quality characteristics of meat derivatives, developing products with low activity of pathogens such as Escherichia Coli and Salmonella, innocuous and with longer useful life, nevertheless it is necessary to incorporate more research to comprehend in a broad way the mechanism of action in different percentages including as a chemical agent.

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“…Fatty ingredients have been the subject of a great scrutiny under the current European Regulations regarding strategies for monitoring of dioxins at feed ingredients (EC, 2012a). In fact, after the German dioxin incident in 2010 (Fürst, 2011, Rieger et al, 2016, DG SANCO proposed that all vessels of fatty ingredients must be tested for dioxins before they are used in feed production (van Asselt, 2011). This proposal was to a large extent the consequence of the involvement of fatty ingredients in the historical feeddioxin-incidents in Europe .…”

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“…As part of the Dioxin Strategy, permanent monitoring programs for dioxin concentrations in feed and food across the entire EU were deemed crucial when pursuing to diminish dioxin exposure levels to the EU inhabitants (EC, 2001b, 2006, EFSA, 2010. As a result of public and private routine monitoring programs, introduced with the European Dioxin Strategy, new dioxin-food safety incidents were discovered and traced back to the use of contaminated feed or feed ingredients such as the choline chloride in Germany, dried bakery waste in Germany (2003) and Ireland (2008), recycled fat in gelatin production (Hoogenboom et al, 2007) in Belgium and The Netherlands, kaolinic clay in potato peels in The Netherlands and, recently, technical fats (Fürst, 2011, Rieger et al, 2016 in Germany.…”

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“…The sources of these contaminations included accidental mixes of PCB oils or industrial fatty acids as in the Belgian crisis in 1999 and the German incident in 2010 (Fürst, 2011, Rieger et al, 2016. Feed ingredients can also be contaminated during intermediate steps in the manufacturing process, for example through improper drying procedures involving fuels containing PCB-oil or wood treated with PCP as in the Irish incident in 2008 , Tlustos et al, 2012.…”

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Cost-effective monitoring of dioxins in agri-production chains

Alcóser¹,

Hugo²

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Feed ingredients and additives used in compound feed for livestock production have been a main cause of various food dioxin incidents in recent decades. Monitoring dioxins in feed and food products is deemed crucial to prevent and diminish the financial impacts of dioxin incidents in agribusiness along the food chain. However, economic aspects embedded in the practical assessment and implementation of dioxin monitoring schemes along the food chain have not yet been analyzed in the scientific literature. Hence this dissertation aims to analyze the costeffectiveness of schemes for monitoring dioxins along the food chain by 1) assessing the financial impact of a dioxin incident in the food chain, 2) determining the cost-effectiveness of monitoring dioxins at a single control point along the food chain 3) determining the cost-effective allocation of resources for monitoring dioxins at different stages of the food chain, and 4) determining the cost-effective allocation of resources at one stage of the food chain considering incoming ingredients and final products. This thesis depicts deterministic and stochastic simulation models to assess the effect of monitoring on the flow of dioxin contaminations in the evaluated food chains (dairy, pork and poultry). Linear programming is the core methodology used in this dissertation to assess the cost-effectiveness of schemes for monitoring dioxins. The main findings indicate that establishing effective monitoring plans requires elevated financial resources.However, the size of the direct financial losses of a dioxin incident suggests that there is substantial financial room for monitoring dioxins along the food chain. Testing dioxins levels in aggregate samples rather than in individual samples is a valid strategy for reducing monitoring costs. However, pooling strategies must take into account the target dioxin concentration in individual samples, in order to avoid dilution of dioxin levels and to ensure the proper detection of a dioxin contamination. Monitoring dioxins in an integrated chain approach rather than in an independent chain actor approach has large economic benefits for the whole chain. For all evaluated contamination scenarios, monitoring dioxins at the feed mill stage contributes, on average, 90% to the total effectiveness of the optimal monitoring schemes. 6 7 Acknowledgements

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Food scandals, media attention and habit persistence among desensitised meat consumers

Cited by 55 publications

References 37 publications

Factors Influencing Organic Food Purchase Intention in Developing Countries and the Moderating Role of Knowledge

Factors Influencing Organic Food Purchase Intention in Developing Countries and the Moderating Role of Knowledge

Effect of ammonium hydroxide on quality of meat products

Cost-effective monitoring of dioxins in agri-production chains

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