The battle for the consumers: building relationships in a new phase of contested accountability in the UK food chain

Thankappan, Samarthia, Marsden, Terry Keith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0503-2039, Flynn, Andrew and Lee, Robert 2004. The battle for the consumers: building relationships in a new phase of contested accountability in the UK food chain. [Working Paper]. Working Paper Series, vol. 17. Cardiff: Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability & Society.

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Abstract

This paper presents a brief history of the changing food policy governance in the UK and highlights the gradual Europeanisation and Consumerisation of UK food policies. The paper discusses the complexities of the private interest model of food regulation and the role played by retailers in the food sector in trying to influence consumers. The impact of the establishment of the Food Standards Agency on the context and implementation of food regulation in the UK also forms the theme of discussion in this communiqué. The paper identifies five significant recent developments by way of which the State, corporate and private interests, consumers and social interest groups build relationships in response to the need for accountability within the UK agri-food chain, symbolising the development of a complex public/private set of associations, that is evolving as a result of the private, institutional and consumer pressures on food regulation.

Item Type:	Monograph (Working Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS) Law Sustainable Places Research Institute (PLACES)
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Publisher:	Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability & Society
ISBN:	190439339X
Related URLs:	Organisation
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	27 Oct 2022 09:47
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/67720

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