Traceability can serve various purposes in the food sector, including that of chain quality control. However, the aspects that seem to be most frequently required of traceability are those related to food safety. Nevertheless, traceability systems development has recently shifted its focus from...

When a traceability system takes place, either when mandatory or voluntary, many questions arise that need to be addressed and answered. One of the firsts concerns whether it introduces new costs with no gain in efficiency or, on the contrary, the system efficiency increases lowering costs and,...

When a traceability system takes place, either when mandatory or voluntary, many questions arise that need to beaddressed and answered. One of the firsts concerns whether it introduces new costs with no gain in efficiency or,on the contrary, the system efficiency increases lowering costs and, as...

The agri‐food sector and food consumption models have experienced both worldwide and in Europe a process of change that still appears ongoing. The main effects of this change are clearly visible in a whole series of new developments. The most interesting of these appears to be the role played...

This statistical reference presents current and historical data on U.S. foreign trade in agricultural products. Detailed tables cover commodity and country information for fiscal years 1984 and 1985, including value, quantity, principal .markets £or agricultural exports and imports and exports...

U.S. agricultural export values rose 5 percent in calendar year 1984 to $37.8 billion, the first increase since 1981. U. S. agricultural imports in 1984 jumped to a record $19.3 billion, up $2.8 billion. from 1983. High U.S. interest rates and rapid economic growth helped strengthen the dollar...

U.S. agricultural export values rose 5 percent in calendar year 1984 to $37.8 billion, the first increase since 1981. If U.S. agricultural imports in 1984 jumped to a record $19.3 billion, up $2.8 billion from 1983. High U.S. interest rates and rapid economic growth helped strengthen the dollar...

This statistical reference presents current and historical data on U.S. foreign Detailed tables cover commodity and country trade in agricultural products. information for fiscal years 1983 and 1984, including value, quantity, and principal markets for agricultural imports and exports, and...

This statistical reference presents current and historical data on U.S. foreign trade in agricultural products. Detailed tables cover commodity and country information for fiscal years 1984 and 1985, including value, quantity, principal markets for agricultural exports and imports and exports...