Food Safety Labelling Management in the Green Supply Chain Management: A Direct Observational Study in the Vietnamese Retail Food Sector

aSchool of Graduate Research, RMIT University, Australia
bDepartment of Logistics & Supply Chain Management, School of Business & Management, RMIT University, Vietnam

Journal of International Logistics and Trade

ISSN: 1738-2122

Article publication date: 31 December 2018

Issue publication date: 31 December 2018

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Abstract

Maintaining food safety techniques in the supply chain management require special food safety labelling techniques during distribution in the retail food industry. The food products have to be of good quality and labelling inbound, manufacturing, and outbound in the supply chain contributes to this aim. The purpose of this study is to evaluate how food safety labelling is managed in Vietnam’s retail food industry with a special focus on food in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Photography was used in an observational study conducted among five separate retail market chains all located in this city. In which ways are the applications of the developed food safety labelling techniques among three separate retail food markets similar and dissimilar being accounted for? The results show that the packaging and labelling in Big C, Aeon Citimart, and Giant using the symbols of food safety build trust for their customers. The Big C indicates guidelines for VietGAP and green labelling. Aeon Citimart indicates the name of the good, expiration date and instructions for use as well as guidelines for the government factor (VietGAP) to the food safety practices in the Vietnamese food retail sector.

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Citation

Kim, E. and McDonald, S. (2018), "Food Safety Labelling Management in the Green Supply Chain Management: A Direct Observational Study in the Vietnamese Retail Food Sector", Journal of International Logistics and Trade, Vol. 16 No. 3, pp. 95-108. https://doi.org/10.24006/jilt.2018.16.3.95

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Emerald Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2018 Jungseok Research Institute of International Logistics and Trade

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*Corresponding author: School of Graduate Research, RMIT University Australia, 124 La Trobe St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia; Email:

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