British Food Journal: Volume 97 Issue 10

Animal welfare: the consumer and the food industry

David Hughes

Explores key trends explaining consumer concerns and actions onanimal welfare. Concludes that concerns are not a fad, but deep‐seatedand here to stay. UK livestock production…

Food hygiene, quality and safety: towards the year 2000

Mark Kierstan

Discusses the possibility of resolving the microbiological safetyissues in food manufacturing by use of advanced manufacturing systems.Predicts that by the year 2000, testing…

Dollar rich and time poor?: Some problems in interpreting changing food habits

Leslie Gofton

Consumption of ready‐made meals and snacks has rapidly increased inrecent years. The increasing importance and value of time resourcesgenerates a greater demand for convenience in…

Who buys organic food?: A profile of the purchasers of organic food in Northern Ireland

Anne Davies, Albert J. Titterington, Clive Cochrane

A series of studies, conducted over the period 1989 to 1993, basedon actual purchasing patterns, seeks to quantify the extent of purchaseof organic food and the consumer′s…

Socio‐economic criteria and food choice across meals

H. Gerhardy, R.K. Hutchins, D.W. Marshall

Examines the usefulness of socio‐economic criteria for explainingfood consumption. Data from a sample of 102 households in the Newcastleupon Tyne area were collected by means of a…

Verocytotoxin‐producing Escherichia coli 0157 infections

P.A. Chapman

Reviews the public health significance of E. coli 0157infections and the related serious illnesses which may follow. Reviewsoutbreaks and detection in food sources. Discusses…

Technology transfer in the Northern Ireland food processing sector

Aileen Bradley, Seamus McErlean, Alan Kirke

Technical progress and its adoption are recognized as probably themost important source of improvement in the productivity andcompetitiveness of firms in any industry. While…