Developing Smart Agri-food Supply Chains: Using Technology to Improve Safety and Quality

Manning, Louise (Editor)/ Manning, Louise (Contributor)/ Cullen, Jonathan (Contributor)/ Cozzolino, Daniel (Contributor)/ Bertheau, Yves (Contributor)

ISBN 10: 178676749X / ISBN 13: 9781786767493

Editore: Burleigh Dodds Science Pub, 2021

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• Titolo: Developing Smart Agri-food Supply Chains: Using Technology to Improve Safety and Quality
• Editore: Burleigh Dodds Science Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 178676749X
• ISBN 13: 9781786767493
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: Brand New

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<p>The safety of agri-food supply chains remains under constant threat from risks such as food adulteration, malicious contamination, microbiological and chemical hazards, as well as the presence of foreign bodies in food products.<br><br><i>Developing smart agri-food supply chains: Using technology to improve safety and quality</i> provides an authoritative assessment of recent developments to improve safety and quality at key points in the agri-food supply chain. This collection provides a comprehensive coverage of the methods used in tracking and traceability (including detecting genetically-modified organisms in food products), ways of assessing product integrity, dealing with malicious contamination as well as quality assessment and ensuring transparency in supply chains.<br><br>Edited by <b>Professor Louise Manning</b>, Royal Agricultural University, UK, <i>Developing smart agri-food supply chains: Using technology to improve safety and quality</i> will be a standard reference for those researching food safety, agri-food logistics and supply chains in universities or other research centres, as well as government and commercial agencies responsible for safety and quality monitoring of agri-food supply chains. It will also be a key reference for supply chain actors, from farmers to food processors and retailers.</p>

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<p>The safety of agri-food supply chains remains under constant threat from risks such as food adulteration, malicious contamination, microbiological and chemical hazards, as well as the presence of foreign bodies in food products. <br><br><i>Developing smart agri-food supply chains: Using technology to improve safety and quality</i> provides an authoritative assessment of recent developments to improve safety and quality at key points in the agri-food supply chain. This collection provides a comprehensive coverage of the methods used in tracking and traceability (including detecting genetically-modified organisms in food products), ways of assessing product integrity, dealing with malicious contamination as well as quality assessment and ensuring transparency in supply chains.<br><br> Edited by <b>Professor Louise Manning</b>, Royal Agricultural University, UK, <i>Developing smart agri-food supply chains: Using technology to improve safety and quality</i> will be a standard reference for those researching food safety, agri-food logistics and supply chains in universities or other research centres, as well as government and commercial agencies responsible for safety and quality monitoring of agri-food supply chains. It will also be a key reference for supply chain actors, from farmers to food processors and retailers. <br><br><b>Dr Louise Manning</b> is Professor of Agri-Food and Supply Chain Security at the Royal Agricultural University, UK. With over 30 years of experience in both industry and research, Professor Manning is internationally-renowned for her work on food safety and quality, food integrity and food crime. She is an Associate Editor for the <i>British Food Journal</i>, a Fellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology and is a member of the Board of Trustees for Rothamsted Research.</p>