Food safety in the Alberta food industry: industry assessments

• Author / Creator

  Fletcher, Lynne H

• The objective of this thesis study is to identify factors that
  
  influence Alberta food processors' food safety decisions. Data for
  
  this study were collected in a 2008 survey of Alberta food processors.
  
  It is hypothesized that pressures from government, industry, and
  
  consumers influence firms' food safety decisions. Data on respondent
  
  firms' perceptions, attitudes and characteristics are analyzed using
  
  nonparametric statistical approaches; logit models are estimated.
  
  Analysis indicates that firms perceive their consumers as viewing
  
  potential hazards to be more dangerous to food safety than the firms
  
  themselves consider these hazards. Firms' responses associated good
  
  manufacturing practices with both improved food safety and improved
  
  business performance. Only minimal support is found for government,
  
  industry and consumer pressures as influencers of HACCP adoption in
  
  Alberta. Structural issues are identified which may impact policy
  
  implementation. The conclusions provide insights into Alberta food
  
  processors' food safety strategies and may contribute to food safety
  
  policy.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • GM
  • Industry
  • Perceptions
  • HACCP
  • Governments
  • Consumers
  • Safety
  • Quality
  • Alberta
  • Food

• Graduation date

  Spring 2010

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master's of Science

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3FH02

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.