Traceability systems and origin based meat products in the South African sheep meat industry

dc.contributor.authorVan der Merwe, Melissa
dc.contributor.authorKirsten, Johann F.
dc.contributor.emailmelissa.verdermerwe@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-06T06:41:48Z
dc.date.available2016-06-06T06:41:48Z
dc.date.issued2015-01
dc.description.abstractIn a consumer-driven world, consumers want to experience a connection between the product that they are consuming and the product’s origin. To guarantee the validity of this connection and therefore the origin attribute of the product, traceability systems are required. The main purpose of this paper is to assess current traceability systems implemented in South African sheep abattoirs, thereby establishing their ability to guarantee the origin of a carcass. Research indicated that the South African sheep abattoirs have traceability systems in place and they can guarantee the origin of a meat product. The descriptive analysis and hypothesis tests identified the tipping factor for the implementation of a traceability system, as the requirement from retail markets to which these abattoirs deliver their product.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentAgricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Developmenten_ZA
dc.description.librarianhb2016en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ragr20en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationM. van der Merwe & J.F. Kirsten (2015) Traceability systems origin and based meat products in the South African sheep meat industry, Agrekon, 54:1, 53-69, DOI:10.1080/03031853.2015.1019524.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0303-1853 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2078-0400 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/03031853.2015.1019524
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/52874
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_ZA
dc.rights© Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa. This is an electronic version of an article published in Agrekon, vol. 54, no.1, pp. 53-69, 2015. doi : 10.1080/03031853.2015.1019524. Agrekon is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.comloi/ragr20.en_ZA
dc.subjectTraceabilityen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth African abattoirsen_ZA
dc.subjectKaroo lamben_ZA
dc.subjectFisher’s exact testen_ZA
dc.titleTraceability systems and origin based meat products in the South African sheep meat industryen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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