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Traceability and Quality Management Systems


Quality management systems like ISO 9000 have been used in the U.S. industrial sector for many years.  But these systems are relatively new to agriculture.  As food safety becomes a more important issue and consumers want a closer connection with the production of their food, the need for quality management systems will expand.

What is ISO 9000 gives you a basic understanding of what ISO is and what it involves.  ISO 9000 & Quality Management Systems - When Quality Counts in Agriculture provides you with a more in-depth discussion of quality management systems – specifically ISO and how it relates to agriculture.  To get other perspectives on quality management systems read A Grower's Perspective on ISO. Source Verification for Iowa Specialty Grain Markets discusses source verification and its implications and considerations for the grain market.

Optimal Quality Assurance Systems for Agricultural Outputs provides insight into the questions of whether a buyer of agricultural outputs should implement a quality management system as a way to gain and provide information about product quality to its potential customers, and if the quality management system is profitable to adopt, what is the profit-maximizing degree of assurance in the system?

See Also
Organic Products

Grower Contracts

Regulatory Considerations

Food Safety

Food Industry - Antiobiotic Use

Food Industry - Traceability

Food Industry - Vertical Coordination

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