The use of eco-labeling like initiatives on food products to promote quality assurance - is there enough credibility?
Nilsson, Helen LU ; Tuncer, B and Thidell, Åke LU
(2004)
In Journal of Cleaner Production
12(5).
p.517-526
- Abstract
- The development of this paper was inspired by the increase in the number of different eco-label like quality assurance schemes established in the European Union in the past few years. These schemes are flooding the market and the researchers raise the question, is there enough credibility in these schemes? This piece of research is based on 58 eco-labeling like food schemes and dissects them into the building blocks of the different factors that makes a scheme credible and analyses the structure of these blocks as well as a literature survey on the perceptions of both the consumers and producers to these schemes. The sort of credibility structure that the building blocks of the schemes (ownership, stakeholder dialogue, traceability,... (More)
- The development of this paper was inspired by the increase in the number of different eco-label like quality assurance schemes established in the European Union in the past few years. These schemes are flooding the market and the researchers raise the question, is there enough credibility in these schemes? This piece of research is based on 58 eco-labeling like food schemes and dissects them into the building blocks of the different factors that makes a scheme credible and analyses the structure of these blocks as well as a literature survey on the perceptions of both the consumers and producers to these schemes. The sort of credibility structure that the building blocks of the schemes (ownership, stakeholder dialogue, traceability, transparency, etc.) have created was discussed and it was questioned if they meet the expectations of the consumers. The main findings of the research indicate that although small groups of consumers may be satisfied with a number of the different schemes, the majority of them fall short of providing a credible quality assurance scheme. Improvements were suggested such as involving a more diverse range of stakeholders and expanding the responsibility of processors and retailers. An alternative to the current form of labeling is also discussed. (Less)
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- author
- Nilsson, Helen
LU
; Tuncer, B
and Thidell, Åke
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2004
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- credibility, Quality Assurance Schemes, EU, food labeling
- in
- Journal of Cleaner Production
- volume
- 12
- issue
- 5
- pages
- 517 - 526
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- wos:000220337400008
- scopus:1142292346
- ISSN
- 0959-6526
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0959-6526(03)00114-8
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 71905aac-b2cd-4c8f-bed1-407cf34328d0 (old id 284588)
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