Future topics of common interest for EU and Egypt in food quality, safety and traceability

Abstract

The objective of the project was to organise an expert committee between Egypt and European Union partners with the aim of producing a document which duly justified proposals for food safety hazard resolution in Egypt. This paper presents the results of the discussion of the expert committee on 'Food safety and traceability' . The meeting was organised at the University of Mansoura in Egypt from 15 th to 17 th February 2014. It enables an increase in the quality, quantity, profile and impact of bi-regional science and technology cooperation between Egypt and members of the European Union in the field of food safety and traceability.

Finding Traceability Granularity Influencing Factors using Rough Set Method: An Empirical Analysis on Vegetable Companies in Tianjin City, China

“…and Safety Act (USA), and the National Agriculture and Food Traceability System (Canada) [13,14]. To improve company supply chain management (SCM), research has focused on state traceability systems and their application for satisfying various agro-food or foodquality requirements, such as for vegetables [15,16], fruits [17][18][19], olive oil [20], aquaculture [21], meat [22], or beef [23,24].…”

Finding Traceability Granularity Influencing Factors Using Rough Set Method: An Empirical Analysis of Vegetable Companies in Tianjin City, China

“…Driven by food safety and quality as well as by regulatory, social, economic, and technological concerns, mandatory or voluntary traceability systems are now being enforced worldwide [9][10][11][12]. Several systems of government supervision, like the EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF), the Food Modernization and Safety Act (USA), and the National Agriculture and Food Traceability System (Canada), have been implemented [13,14]. To improve company supply chain management (SCM), research has focused on state traceability systems and their application for satisfying the various requirements of agro-food or food quality, such as for vegetables [15,16], fruits [17][18][19], olive oil [20], aquaculture [21], meat [22], or beef [23,24].…”