Long food supply chains are actually far from a simple matter because they tie into a number of social and environmental issues, including the global carbon footprint, product quality and sustainability, too.
Not exact matches
The impact to
food supply chains can be summed up in three words: They're getting
longer.
Sustainable
food supply chains can exist, even in a world of
long food miles.
Growing consumer markets in the developing world place enough demand on a
food supply chain that is already so
long and stretched so thin, that suddenly
supply can't meet demand.
«The additional carbon footprint created by the
longer supply chain is the enemy of
food production.
Evolving our global
food production system so that it supports the economic well - being of farmers, as well as
long - term ecological stability, is not only the right thing to do — it is in the best interest for every single player in the
supply chain, from farmers in the most remote regions of the world to consumers in every major metropolis.
The recent Brazilian beef and horsemeat scandals highlighted the vulnerabilities in
supply chains of
food products, the group continued, and in general, the
longer and more complex the
supply network, the greater the risks of
food fraud.
Controlling a broad variety of microorganisms is a major challenge in complex
food systems sold via
long supply chains.
Given that the FLW Standard is focused on material no
longer in the
food supply chain,
food that is transferred from one part of the
food supply chain to another but is still used for human consumption is outside the scope of the FLW Standard.
Over-reliance on
long term cold storage, refrigeration and freezing, leading to development of off - flavors, chilling injury and freezer burn, causing discards of improperly stored
foods along the
supply chain.
In the first of two hour -
long episodes, broadcast on BBC1 at 9.00 pm last night, Fearnley - Whittingstall investigated
food and household waste across the
supply chain.
Addressing and preventing
food fraud is important to sustain economic growth, to maintain the flow of
food across
longer supply chains, to increase consumer trust in the economy, and to maintain social harmony.
Food and beverage manufacturers can no
longer succeed by fine - tuning a relatively straightforward process of pushing as much through the production and
supply chain operations as efficiently as possible.
Carnivorous animals lack both D6D and D5D enzymes, and must obtain the
longer chain fatty acids from their
food supply.
What he did not know was that these
foods also
supply long chain fatty acids the body needs to overcome any stumbling blocks that may lie on the prostaglandin pathways.