Ethical Traceability and Communicating Food

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Coff, Christian (Editor), Barling, David (Editor), Korthals, Michiel (Editor), Nielsen, Thorkild (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics, 15
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Ethics.; Sociology.; Philosophy of Technology.; Sociology, general.

Traceability – the ability to track a product from farm to plate – is now widely used in the food sector for a range of purposes: it allows companies to improve efficiency, facilitates product recall, and helps producers flag the specific characteristics of their goods. But traceability systems are...