Technical and economic considerations about traceability and certification in livestock production chains

M.P.M. Meuwissen; A.G.J. Velthuis; H. Hogeveen; R.B.M. Huirne

Technical and economic considerations about traceability and certification in livestock production chains

M.P.M. Meuwissen, A.G.J. Velthuis, H. Hogeveen, R.B.M. Huirne

Business Economics

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Abstract

This paper focuses on traceability and certification. The goal of the paper is to analyse the status and perspectives of traceability systems and certification schemes and to review their potential costs and benefits. The following two sections describe purposes, requirements, status and perspectives of traceability systems and certification schemes, respectively. Then there is a section discussing potential costs and benefits, followed by a comprising section with the conclusions and an economic research agenda for the field of traceability and certification in livestock production chains

Original language	English
Title of host publication	New approaches to food-safety economics
Editors	A.G.J. Velthuis, L.J. Unnevehr, H. Hogeveen, R.B.M. Huirne
Place of Publication	Dordrecht
Pages	49-62
Publication status	Published - 2003

Publication series

Name	Wageningen UR Frontis Series
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Number	Vol. 1

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 2 Zero Hunger

Keywords

food safety
agricultural production
food hygiene
standards
certification
quality controls
cost benefit analysis
animal products
livestock

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Meuwissen, M. P. M., Velthuis, A. G. J., Hogeveen, H., & Huirne, R. B. M. (2003). Technical and economic considerations about traceability and certification in livestock production chains. In A. G. J. Velthuis, L. J. Unnevehr, H. Hogeveen, & R. B. M. Huirne (Eds.), New approaches to food-safety economics (pp. 49-62). (Wageningen UR Frontis Series; No. Vol. 1).. https://edepot.wur.nl/21114

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Technical and economic considerations about traceability and certification in livestock production chains. / Meuwissen, M.P.M.; Velthuis, A.G.J.; Hogeveen, H. et al.
New approaches to food-safety economics. ed. / A.G.J. Velthuis; L.J. Unnevehr; H. Hogeveen; R.B.M. Huirne. Dordrecht, 2003. p. 49-62 (Wageningen UR Frontis Series; No. Vol. 1).

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Technical and economic considerations about traceability and certification in livestock production chains

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