creators_name: Torjusen, Hanne
creators_name: Kjærnes, Unni
creators_name: O'Doherty Jensen, Katherine
type: workpaper
datestamp: 2005-05-03
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:26:03
metadata_visibility: show
title: Social and Ethical Aspects [of Organic Food Provisioning]
ispublished: unpub
subjects: 7consumer
full_text_status: public
keywords: Consumers, consumer ethics, risk analysis, 'Critical Control Points', food quality, food safety
abstract: This paper indicates the character of social and ethical concerns of consumers with respect to the production, distribution and marketing of organic food, discusses the extent to which these concerns can be addressed within the framework of risk analysis with reference to 'Critical Control Points'(CCPs), and presents examples of control measures with regard to particular risks. Four types of marketing risk, as seen from the standpoint of suppliers, are distinguished. It is shown that risks arising from the fact that some suppliers fail to live up to existing standards can be addressed within a CCP framework, providing particular conditions (regarding, for example, traceability) are met. Other kinds of risk, however, call for the introduction of quite different measures that cannot be successfully addressed by introducing controls at specific critical points of production and distribution.     
date: 2005-03
date_type: published
institution: National Institute for Consumer Research (SIFO), Norway, & Dept. of Human Nutrition, KVL, Denmark
refereed: never
referencetext: Torjusen H, Kjærnes U, O'Doherty Jensen K: 'Social and Ethical Aspects', in: n: L. Lück & K. Brandt (eds.): Organic Food Production: Safety and Quality Assurance. Oxford: Blackwell(forthcoming 2005), Chapter 9.
citation: Torjusen, Hanne; Kjærnes, Unni and O'Doherty Jensen, Katherine (2005) Social and Ethical Aspects [of Organic Food Provisioning]. Working paper, National Institute for Consumer Research (SIFO), Norway, & Dept. of Human Nutrition, KVL, Denmark. [ Unpublished, ] **
document_url: http://orgprints.org/4738/1/4738.pdf