MAINTAINING STANDARDS OF ANIMAL FOODS

Dynamically Maintaining Standards Using Incentives

Standards have had much importance in different fields of research in order to assure a certain quality of service in bilateral contracts. More specifically, in multi-agent systems performance standards may be used in order to articulate contracts among partners in environments dealing with uncertainty. However, little effort has been made on how to ensure standards compliance over time. In thi...

International Standards for Gm Foods

The introduction of biotechnology into the agri-food world in the 1990s complicated an already difficult regulatory and trade system. At one level, biotechnology and genetically modified (GM) foods increase the potential for trade and the need for a fully functioning international trading system. At another level, the products of this new technology have precipitated a large and difficult debat...

Codex adopts new standards on GM foods, irradiation, and animal feed.

Veterinary medicines in animal foods.

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Selecting Your Editorial Board: Maintaining Standards

which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. With the ever-increasing use of digital technologies, rapid distribution of information and proliferation of open-access publications , it is important to reassess the role of editorial board members and their influence on the quality of articles entering th...