British Food Journal: Volume 120 Issue 3

Self-reported food safety knowledge and practices of Lebanese food handlers in Lebanese households

Hussein F. Hassan, Hani Dimassi, Zeina Nakat Karam

The purpose of this paper is to assess level of food safety knowledge and self-reported practices among Lebanese food handlers in Lebanese households and to identify the…

Food safety practices of future food handlers and their teachers, observed during practical lessons

Andrej Ovca, Mojca Jevšnik, Peter Raspor

The purpose of this paper is to investigate future food handlers’ practices during practical lessons close to the end of their formal vocational education, and to record teachers’…

Adolescents’ sources for food safety knowledge and trust

Marie Lange, Helen Göranzon, Lena Fleig, Ingela Marklinder

The purpose of this paper is to investigate where students in a Swedish compulsory school acquire their knowledge of food safety and how trustworthy they deem them to be.

Cooking skills and socio-demographics among Portuguese university students

Joanna Kowalkowska, Rui Poínhos, Sara Rodrigues

The purpose of this paper is to assess the reliability of a Portuguese version of the cooking skills scale (CSS) and to evaluate the association between cooking skills and…

Needs of beneficiaries related to the format and content of food parcels in Ghent, Belgium

Elif Stepman, Mieke Uyttendaele, Elien De Boeck, Liesbeth Jacxsens

As food aid is still for a great part dependent upon the donation of food surplus and as the number of persons relying on food charities is increasing, it is important to further…

Household acquisition of healthy food away from home

Andrea M. Leschewski, Dave D. Weatherspoon, Annemarie Kuhns

The purpose of this paper is to analyze households’ acquisition of healthy food away from home (FAFH) from restaurants. Specifically, determinants of households’ decision to…

Workplace staff canteen is associated with lower blood pressure among industry workers

Daniele B. Vinholes, Carlos Alberto Machado, Hilton Chaves, Sinara L. Rossato, Ione M.F. Melo, Flavio D. Fuchs, Sandra C. Fuchs

A staff canteen in the workplace can offer a healthier diet, which may lower the blood pressure (BP). The purpose of this paper is to evaluate whether the presence of staff…

Stakeholder responses to governmental dietary guidelines: Challenging the status quo, or reinforcing it?

Karolin Bergman, Christine Persson-Osowski, Karin Eli, Elin Lövestam, Helena Elmståhl, Paulina Nowicka

The purpose of this paper is to explore how stakeholders in the food and nutrition field construct and conceptualise “appropriate” national dietary advice.

Assessment of household food waste in Hungary

Barbara Szabó-Bódi, Gyula Kasza, Dávid Szakos

The purpose of this paper is to determine and quantify the most dominant types of food waste in Hungarian households and to analyse the effect of demographic background and income…

Tackling the challenges of reducing and managing food waste in Mumbai restaurants

Jehangir Bharucha

Around 67 million tons of food is wasted in India every year, which has a value of more than US$14 billion (Haq, 2016). The purpose of this paper is to concentrate on one major…

Consumer preferences regarding national and EU quality labels for cheese, ham and honey: The case of Slovenia

Mira Kos Skubic, Karmen Erjavec, Marija Klopčič

The purpose of this paper is to investigate consumer preferences in the Slovenian context with regard to cheese, ham and honey labelled with the national and EU protected…

Applying data mining for online CRM marketing strategy: An empirical case of coffee shop industry in Taiwan

Wen-Yu Chiang

The purpose of this paper is to propose a data mining approach for mining valuable markets for online customer relationship management (CRM) marketing strategy. The industry of…

Organizational trust in farmer organizations: evidence from the Chinese fresh apple industry

Xiangping Jia, Harvey S. James

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role and importance of trust in a type of Chinese farmer cooperative organization called “Farm Bases” (FBs), considering the extent to…

Dairy production barriers diagnosis in Southern Brazil

Andrei Bonamigo, Helio Aisenberg Ferenhof, Rafael Tezza, Fernando Antonio Forcellini

The purpose of this paper is to empirically test the dairy production barriers: lack of cooperation between the chain actors, milk quality deficiencies, rural exodus and…

Globalising chains – decoupling grape production, wine production and wine exports

Stefan Mann, Silviu Beciu, Antanas Karbauskas

The purpose of this paper is to show that globalisation (or de-regionalisation) in the wine business is entering a new phase in which grape production, wine production and wine…

The variations in religious and legal understandings on halal slaughter

Mahmood Chandia, Jan Mei Soon

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of different understandings regarding the concept of “what constitutes halal” and “who determines this concept?” In practice…