British Food Journal: Volume 113 Issue 2

Food safety infosheets: Design and refinement of a narrative‐based training intervention

Benjamin Chapman, Tanya MacLaurin, Douglas Powell

Despite extensive investments in food handler training, research suggests that training programs are inconsistent, and rarely evaluated for efficacy. The generic prescriptive…

Farmers' involvement in value‐added produce: the case of Alabama growers

Abel Duarte Alonso

For many farmers across the USA the opportunity to sell their produce directly to the public in different ways allows them to avoid middle‐men and often reap higher benefits that…

Climate change from the perspective of Spanish wine growers: a three‐region study

Abel Duarte Alonso, Martin A. O'Neill

Winery operators and viticulturalists alike face many challenges in their daily and annual work cycle; not least the challenge of producing annually a consistent quality product…

Nutritionally balanced school meal model for a comprehensive school

Irma Tikkanen

This paper seeks to construct and describe a nutritionally balanced school meal model for a comprehensive school. The aim of the model is to illustrate an holistic view to school…

Children's perceptions of obesity as explained by the common sense model of illness representation

Melanie Babooram, Barbara Ann Mullan, Louise Sharpe

The aim of this paper is to qualitatively examine the ways in which primary school children, aged between 7 and 12, perceive various facets of obesity as defined by the common…

Portrait value questionnaire's (PVQ) usefulness in explaining quality food‐related consumer behavior

Christos Fotopoulos, Athanasios Krystallis, Pagiaslis Anastasios

Schwartz's portrait value questionnaire (PVQ) has extensively been used in personal values research. The present paper aims to validate the 40‐item PVQ typology, using a…

Deteminants of cross‐contamination during home food preparation

J. Kennedy, A. Nolan, S. Gibney, S. O'Brien, M.A.S. McMahon, K. McKenzie, B. Healy, D. McDowell, S. Fanning, P.G. Wall

This paper aims to determine the potential for the spread of bacteria from raw meat and poultry during home food preparation to the surrounding kitchen environment, hands and…

Health claims regulations: Comparison between USA, Japan and European Union

Fiona Lalor, Patrick G. Wall

The purpose of this paper is to review and compare the scientific and regulatory environments for nutrition and health claims on foodstuffs in the USA, Japan and the European…

Special issue on value in food and agriculture

Special issue on corporate social responsibility in food and agriculture

Special issue on experiential marketing in food retailing