Chemical contamination of fresh produce through pesticide spraying is considered a minor risk for consumer health. As a result, a high proportion of safety controls may be delegated to the private sector by public agencies. Private control is even greater when fresh produce is sold to...

Risk management has become a central issue in sanitary crises. Agro food firms have devised organizational responses to sanitary risks, usually implying better traceability. European Regulation 178/2002 established mandatory traceability. This paper provides a critical appraisal of the European...

Fresh produce pesticide safety risk has grown into a major concern of North European consumers and governments for the last twenty years. Our study expands on safety control issues and gives insights into how fresh vegetable chains organize to comply with retail private safety standards and thus...

This article explores the effect of European Union (EU)’s food safety regulations on the trade of baby food products. A large number of medical studies have shown that pesticides and contaminants contribute to various health problems including cancer, lung disease or reproductive, endocrinal...

Ces dernières années, plusieurs crises ont entamé la confiance des consommateurs dans la sécurité sanitaire de leur alimentation. Cette situation a favorisé plusieurs fausses alertes qui ont parfois entraîné de vraies crises. Nous étudions l’une de ces crises, survenue en 1999 suite...

Together with expected implications on food safety, the European Regulation 178/2002 has important consequences shaping the agrifood sector. This regulation gives latitude to operators in front of specific food safety objectives and promotes self control. Private standards are a way of...

Cette analyse d’un corpus d’environ 110 articles provenant pour l’essentiel de la littérature sociologique de langue anglaise vise à rendre compte des principaux débats sur les systèmes alimentaires alternatifs. Après avoir montré que, selon les pays, ces systèmes émergent dans des...

This paper argues that developing, signalling and monitoring quality in the agri-food industry has become a central issue that requires hybrid organisations and institutions. We examine the forces pushing the industry towards hybrid arrangements, and then extend our analysis to alternative...