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Consumers' Acceptability and Rejection of Food Traceability Systems, a French-German Cross-Comparison

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  • Halawany, Rafia
  • Bauer, Caroline
  • Giraud, Georges
  • Schaer, Burkhard

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Food traceability is mandatory since 1st January 2005 in the EU. Traceability of products and activities in the food supply chain is a new factor of competitiveness in agribusiness that connects producers to consumers and is deemed to be an important criterion of perception of food product quality and safety for consumers. Within the food industry, traceability is absolutely essential to provide consumer assurance about the sources and safety of food, to allow identification of the source of infected or substandard product, for disease control and residue monitoring, for support measure verification, and to satisfy the requirements of labelling regulations. Despite growing interest in traceability systems and recognition of the need to act more market oriented, very little research has been done on consumer needs and perception of traceability. Researchers as well as managers have mainly focused on technical solutions. This paper tries to contribute to i) get a deeper understanding of the role of the "ability-to-trace" in consumer decision-making process with respect to food, ii) measure consumers' acceptability for food traceability, iii) check the differences of these matters across France and Germany.

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  • Halawany, Rafia & Bauer, Caroline & Giraud, Georges & Schaer, Burkhard, 2007. "Consumers' Acceptability and Rejection of Food Traceability Systems, a French-German Cross-Comparison," 2007 1st Forum, February 15-17, 2007, Innsbruck, Austria 6567, International European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:iefi07:6567
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.6567
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    1. Giraud, Georges & Halawany, Rafia, 2006. "Consumers' perception of food traceability in Europe," 98th Seminar, June 29-July 2, 2006, Chania, Crete, Greece 10047, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    2. Latvala, Terhi & Kola, Jukka, 2003. "Impact Of Information On The Demand For Credence Characteristics," International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, vol. 5(2), pages 1-12.
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