1st Edition

Food, Consumers, and the Food Industry Catastrophe or Opportunity?

By Holger York Toschka Copyright 2001
    312 Pages
    by CRC Press

    308 Pages
    by CRC Press

    During the past, there have been many changes in food availability, production and selection around the world. These changes, such as genetically modified foods, raise questions about their long-range implications. How will they affect the worldwide economics and management of agriculture? food legislation? the environment? the determination of food safety and quality? nutrition and health? Food, Consumers, and the Food Industry: Catastrophe or Opportunity? describes the major changes and answers the questions concerning them. It presents information that decision-makers in the field can utilize on such topics as:

  • Consumers and consumerism
  • Marketing and the marketplace
  • Retailing
  • Nutrition and health
  • Impact of new technologies


    Food, Consumers, and the Food Industry encourages you to set aside the "truth" of science to consider how political, economic, social, and cultural institutions can work to avoid a possible crisis.
  • An Overview of the Present Status. Consumers and Consumerism. Marketing and the Marketplace.
    Retailing the Arena for Marketing. Nutrition and Health. Food Legislation and Food Safety. The Impact of New Technologies. The Face of Food Industry. Summary and Conclusions.

    Biography

    Gordon W. Fuller