Retailer initiated food quality standards are important elements to market food and agricultural products. However, farmers' certification proceeds at an unequal speed worldwide with some countries representing a large number of certified producers and others representing very few, if any. This...

The development of well-designed food safety management systems that take into consideration the potential risks and threats to an organization and their associated impacts to business operations should be a key goal for each organization operating in the food supply chain. This study provides...

Food industry companies, functioning in an ever-changing and uncertain environment, look for ways to increase their competitiveness, including the improvement of effectiveness and efficiency of the implemented food safety management systems. Directions that can be used for this purpose are...