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Global Food Trade and Consumer Demand for Quality (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002)
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Global Food Trade and Consumer Demand for Quality (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002)
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Consumers have always been concerned about the quality, and
particularly the safety, of the foods they eat. In recent years
this concern has taken on additional prominence. Consumer focus on
food safety has been sharpened by reports about new risks, such as
that posed by "mad cow" disease, and about more familiar sources of
risk, such as food borne pathogens, pesticides, and hormones. At
the same time, some consumers are in creasingly interested in
knowing more about how their food is produced and in selecting
products based on production practices. Some of the questions
consumers are asking in clude whether food is produced with the use
of modern biotechnology, whether it is or ganically produced, how
animals are treated in meat and egg production systems, and whether
food is produced using traditional methods. Recent trends also show
increased consumer demand for a variety of food products that are
fresh, tasty, and available on a year-round basis. This has
fostered increased global trade in food. For example, consumers in
temperate climates such as North America are able to buy
raspberries throughout the year, and Europeans can enjoy South
American coffee. Trade in processed food products is actually
increasing more rapidly than trade in agricultural commodities,
further addressing the demand for variety among consumers."
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