2.4.5.10 Packaging
To contain, protect, preserve and guaranteeing safe handling and delivery of fresh, processed food products and other agro-industrial raw materials, Packaging can play as an essential component of the food system (Opara and Mditshwa, 2003).
For example, Kenya’s employs over 6000 people on its farms and in its pack houses by the largest conventional horticultural exporter (Dolan et al, 1999). Wages in such companies is not often enough to cover basic needs and tends to be higher than the legal minimum wage (Blowfield & Jones, 1999).
Bananas are also packed in country where labour is cheap and packed into see-through bags and labelled in country (Pierse, 2000).
It has been noted by Silayoi et al (2004) that the consumer preference of packaged food products has significantly increased in the recent years with the emergence of supermarket and hypermarket culture in India. A study conducted by Venter et al. (2011) divulge that participants considered certain information as being important either for their health or for
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The most economic and unconventional method of fruit storage in ambient condition and extending the shelf life of pear fruit is the use of plastic packaging materials. Plastic packaging materials have shown to reduce PLW and decay, retain firmness, colour and nutrient loss during storage of pear fruit (nath et al, 2012 ).
Similar results were seen in Nigerian indigenous fruits such as fresh pawpaw (Carica papaya L.) fruits where packing (wrapping) materials have also showed extending shelf life of the fruit. It was also found that if fruits were individually wrapped with waxed paper (TIXO) in ambient conditions in plastic crate, they have a shelf-life of 17 days as compared to fresh pawpaw fruits in evaporative coolers for 7 days (Ubani ,
T., Kraak, V. I., 2005, p.153). The book will be used in the sections where food industry and advertising could change their marketing toward healthy choices to help reducing and preventing
They are hard working and do not prioritize holiday. The social norms restraints their actions and celebrating own success is frowned upon. This emphasizes that the Indian do not indulge in Kellogg’s breakfast cereals just because it taste good. Further, the products were perceived as premium products, indicating indulgence with consumption. The product has to serve a purpose for the Indians to buy it, more than filling their stomach. The nutritional facts are important in this matter, which is the reason Kellogg’s did change their advertisements to more informative rather than
Second Analysis Paper The migrant tomato farm workers article discusses the aspect of being one of the nations most backbreaking jobs. These tomato workers work for 10 to 12 hours a day picking tomatoes by hand, earning a piece-rate of about 45 cents for every 32-pound bucket. On a typical day each migrant picks, carries and unloads two tons of tomatoes, and instead of trying to move forward and improve the quality of work and pay the tomato growers, keep migrant workers pay as low as possible. The reason behind this is the pressure the tomato growers face to keep their operating costs low.
Wages are classified as being below “living wage”, and are not enough to support a family. Workers are paid less than 1% of the retail price of the product, for example, Honduran garment factory workers were paid US$0.24 for each US$50 Sean John sweatshirt (Sean John Setisa Report, 2003). We are often shocked at the wages in developing countries, but we must analyse the wage by the country standards in which it is being paid. In developing countries the main concern is food and shelter, so when the living standards are low, the money can go a lot further.
In Mali, one of the poorest countries in the world, the process begins when businessmen called “locateurs” scout villages for lone children who appear to be lost or begging and trick them into a “great job” that is promised to bring them money for their families. Overnight, they are kept in a locked warehouse from where they are transported the next day and distributed to farmers for a low price of around $35. The boys, who at first are suspicious and uncertain that they have been sold, immediately begin working the next day, from 6 A.M. to 6:30 P.M., cutting cocoa beans from cacao trees, slicing them open, scooping out the beans, spreading them out on mats, and covering them to ferment. They are not properly paid, fed and up to 18 boys...
According to §2 para. 6 No. 2 of the German food law, cosmetic packaging materials are viewed as items for everyday and common use. The Regulation 1223/2009 provides assurance to consumers that the product they use is safe for application. The reference 1935/2004 was suggested to portray close formulation/packaging combinations that are already present in the market. Therefore, with this, food/packaging interaction may be contemplated. Since materials manufactured for the packaging of food products have already undergone several tests, suitable information regarding the stability of that material may already be accessible. Hence further experimental procedures may not be necessary. The 1935/2004 regulation is not normally used for cosmetic packaging. However, without the presence of any other established guidelines, this regulation is used to check the congruity of the packaging. For instance the packaging material of cosmetic products are compared with and judged against the packaging of food items. Verification in the shipping document is done by the food control agency or the supplier company to show that the packaging material
Introduction There once was a time when words like "light" and "low-fat" were on food packages that had no nutritional meaning. As a result, shoppers were often led to believe they were buying products that were more helpful than they really were. Nutrition panels on labels are also confusing and hard to read. But the Australia New Zealand Authority (ANZFA) changed all that. In March 2001 the ANZFA defined new standardized terms that appear on food labels such as "low-fat", "reduced" and "lean" to control how food manufacturers could put their facts that are relevant to most of our dietary needs.
Linda Lim, a professor at the University of Michigan Business School, visited Vietnam and Indonesia in the summer of 2000 to obtain first-hand research on the impact of foreign-owned export factories (sweatshops) on the local economies. Lim found that in general, sweatshops pay above-average wages and conditions are no worse than the general alternatives: subsistence farming, domestic services, casual manual labor, prostitution, or unemployment. In the case of Vietnam in 1999, the minimum annual salary was 134 U.S. dollars while Nike workers in that country earned 670 U.S. dollars, the case is also the similar in Indonesia. Many times people in these countries are very surprised when they hear that American's boycott buying clothes that they make in the sweatshops. The simplest way to help many of these poor people that have to work in the sweatshops to support themselves and their families, would be to buy more products produced in the very sweatshops they detest.
Tom Levitt’s article, “How Fairtrade Bananas are Failing Migrant Workers”, involves first hand interviews from migrant works. In this article Levitt summarizes a conversation with a migrant worker and himself and states “he and other migrants had signed a contract for eight hours a day but actually worked six am to five pm without rest or overtime and for wages no more than the average 250 pesos reported by non-Fairtrade workers” (paragraph 14). Eleven hours a day with no rest period, no chance to sit down for lunch, and no overtime is not fair, it is slave labour. It is also something that is not facilitated by the Fairtrade Foundation, yet these banana plantations are allowing these. Where are the certifiers? “The Fairtrade Foundation says calls for using the Fairtrade premium to subsidise migrant workers’ wages may undermine the responsibility of farm owners and employers to tackle the ‘living wage’ issue”. Maybe, if plantations and farms were visited more frequently workers wouldn’t be doing overtime for free and the issue of a living wage wouldn’t be an issue. Workers would be paid for overtime (at the workers discretion) and would be able to afford to live a comfortable life with the basics of food and
For instance, Cargill’s labor standards for its workers in the developing nations of West Africa have been questioned. In recent months, Cargill has taken steps to ensure that it’s harvesting and production of cocoa does not fuel the need for child labor and/or promote deforestation. According to a recent article published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper, “As a supply chain leader, Cargill is often scrutinized for its role in either helping or hurting environmental and social concerns associated with the harvesting of cocoa beans” (Painter 2017). These beans are mainly gathered by small, family-operated farms and are eventually purchased by Cargill from cooperatives made up of the supply of many
Many customers will buy more package food in the future as it is cheaper and more convenience because customers can buy it in high volume and keep it for the long time.
This research would help to understand the importance of having a healthy and nutritional food habits. This research paper will help to get an estimate importance of various factors affecting the choice of fast food outlets by Indian young consumers.
Consumption habits are very important factors for international marketing strategy for fast food chains. Culture is also involved in here again, though these days’ customers are always looking forward to something new in the service and products. Then again, taste of customers is changing as they are transforming towards dining in if the image of fast food is not healthy. Health conscious customer are quick to abandon fast food, they find the fast food very harmful for lungs, heart and blood conditions.
Consumers have expectations In terms of a good quality product that should be availed at a reasonable price. Consumers don’t only want the business to be socially responsible towards them in this manner of reasonable prices but way beyond this. They should meet the needs of consumers in ways of convenience and appearance. But business should also consider other aspects like environmental impact when packaging is disposed.
This clearly shows that the fruits and vegetables play a vital role in maintaining our good health. Fruits and vegetables are seasonal and grown in different parts of our country. They need to be stored for longer period and transported to different places. It makes necessary for us to find out whether there is any damage to the useful contents of the fruits and vegetable during the storage and transportation or due to some preservatives or other factors and what kind of nutrients, minerals, etc. are present in their juices. With this idea in mind, the project has been undertaken.