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Chapter 4 begins with an overview of the logical structure of the research plans, and then discusses the literature review found in Chaps. 1, 2 and 3. The literature review for Chap. 1 compared: (1) the bread VCs in France and the U.S.; (2) the bread market and consumption patterns in both countries; (3) public health policies toward the health characteristics; and (4) connections between the bread VC and GI/GL levels. Chapter 2 examined government regulation of food quality from various perspectives: international, French and U.S. Chapter 3 looked at industry regulation of quality in bread, flour and wheat in France and the U.S. A short list of literature gaps was also constructed. The bulk of Chap. 4 is devoted to the preliminary data analysis of the findings from the literature review.
It should also be noted that the literature review was designed to support research toward answering one main question:
“How do VC decisions in bread production contribute to quality characteristics related to human health?”
In addition, three subordinate questions were derived from the main question:
“What effects have changes since 1994 in government policy and industry strategies had on VC decisions by primary producers that contribute to quality characteristics related to human health?”
“How do differences in national food safety programmes in the U.S. and France affect VC decisions by primary producers that contribute to quality characteristics related to human health?”
“Could national food safety programmes provide benefits to primary producers beyond food safety?”
Essentially, answering these three subordinate questions became the focus of this book. The three subordinate questions are specifically addressed in the final chapter (Sect. 8.1).
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Referred to as muda of transport (Imai 1997).
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Institut Technique des Céréales et des Fourrages.
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Definitions of INCO terms that are more precise eliminate contract disputes and also lead to easier use of electronic data interchange (ICC 2010).
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Only the proportion of nitrogen in animal feed varies from wheat for human consumption.
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If the 40 % unfulfilled U.S. market demand for artisan bread were added to artisan output, then both countries would reflect similar consumer behaviour (Uptown Bakers 2005; N.B. From a personal communication with S. Cauvain, 2007).
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Apache is a variety recommended by ANMF for milling for breads (ARVALIS 2007).
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Grigg, N. (2004). Development of a statistical quality model for the control and improvement of packing processes within food manufacturing operations. PhD thesis. Glasgow. University of Strathclyde.
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Hill, V. (2014). Discussion of Literature Review and Preliminary Data Analysis. In: A Kaizen Approach to Food Safety. Contributions to Management Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04250-3_4
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