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Albersmeier, Friederike)1, Schulze H (Schulze, Holger)1, Jahn G (Jahn, Gabriele)1, Spiller A (Spiller, Achim)1 () ‘’The reliability of third-party certification in the food chain: From checklists to risk-oriented auditing

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND

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Abstract
In recent years, certification has become increasingly relevant for agribusiness. In Europe, substantial parts of the value chain are already being certified by standards such as the International Food Standard (IFS) or GLOBALGAP (the former Eurep Gap?). It is not known, however, whether these approaches can de facto ensure high quality control. This article is based on a database analysis of the German certification system Quality and Safety (QS) and a workshop with the QS-certification bodies conducting 85% of all agricultural audits. It seeks to deduce the first empirical hypotheses concerned with the connection between the reliability of third-party certification and the institutional framing of standards.

Keywords: Third-party certification (TPC); Quality assurance; Risk-oriented auditing approach

Relevance to our study:
The describes the reliability of agricultural audit procedure and the risk oriented approach which shows that auditing should be more standardised and equal. The two stardards ( GLOBALGAP AND International food Standard) gives equal partnership of agricultural produrcers and retailers who wish to established efficient certification standards and procedures as well as high safety expectation of customers. Quality control should be ordained by law, and there should be proper communication between the parties involved in the certification systems.

Relevancy on a scale from 1 to 5 = 3

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Review started on 2009–07–06
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