Production of Bread Wheat Control of Quality and Safety in Organic Production Chains

This leaflet provides a practical overview for producers and others involved in wheat production and storage, on what can be done at these steps to improve the quality and safety of organically pro-duced wheat, in addition to certification and general food safety requirements. A separate leaflet covers the milling and baking steps, and other leaflets cover other commodities and separate leaflets aim at consumers and retailers

Effects of Cultivation Conditions for Apples on Growth Rates of Fruit Fly Larvae and Contents of Phenolics

Apples were grown with 3 different alleyway groundcover management strategies, providing a wide range of nutrient availabilities to the trees, spanning the ranges normally found in both conventional and organic orchards. These treatments had significant effects on both yields and incidence of fungal diseases. However, the differences in yields and disease incidence cancelled each other out, resulting in identical average yields of marketable fruit, as reported earlier (Lindhard Petersen & Bertelsen 2002). These results indicated that the composition of the fruit may also differ, and that this material is useful as a model for investigating how growth conditions influence the content of nutritionally relevant compounds, and thus may affect the health of humans and animals. In a preliminary study, two species of fruit flies were reared on material from each of the 3 cultivation treatments, and the time when 50% of the flies in each vial had emerged was calculated. Development duration, hours Treatment: Annual clovergrass Perennial clovergrass Perennial grass (high N availability) (medium N availability) (low N availability) Species: D. melanogaster: 256 271 286 Drosophila hydei: 456 475 557 The fruit from each treatment, as well as corresponding fruit treated with pesticides, was analysed for contents of phenolic compounds. The number of flies produced in each treatment did not differ systematically, but observations indicate that the fastest development also resulted in the heaviest animals. It should be pointed out that excessive growth rates (obesity) is a major health risk in affluent human societies. This material is also used in ongoing rat feeding experiments

Production of White Cabbage Control of Quality and Safety in Organic Production Chains

This leaflet provides a practical overview for producers and others involved in white cabbage production and packaging, of what can be done at these steps to improve the quality and safety of organi-cally produced cabbage, in addition to certification and general food safety requirements. Other leaflets cover production of other commodities and separate leaflets aim at consumers and retailers

Production of Tomatoes Control of Quality and Safety in Organic Production Chains

This leaflet provides a practical overview for producers and others involved in tomato production and packaging, of what can be done at these steps to improve quality and safety of organically pro-duced tomatoes, in addition to certification and general food safety requirements. Other leaflets cover production of other commodities and separate leaflets aim at consumers and retailers

Authenticity and Fraud Information to Consumers regarding Control of Quality and Safety in Organic Production Chains

This leaflet provides a practical overview for consumers of what is done to secure the authenticity and integrity of 7 types of organically produced foods, where improvements are possible and what the consumers can do to support efforts that meet their demands. Other leaflets for consumers cover taste, freshness and nutrients or safety and contamination, and separate leaflets aim at retailers or at production of specific commodities

Authenticity and Fraud Information to Retailers regarding Control of Quality and Safety in Organic Production Chains

This leaflet provides a practical overview for retailers of what is done to secure the authenticity and integrity of organically produced foods, where improvements are possible and what the retailers can do to support efforts that meet their customers’ demands. Other leaflets for retailers cover taste, freshness and nutrients or safety and contamination, and separate leaflets aim at consumers or at production of specific commodities

Effects of culivation conditions for apples on growth rates of fruit fly larvae and contents of phenolics

The different cultivation treatments significantly and systematically affected both rate of development of fruit fly larvae and contents of phenolic compounds, but not the total number of flies produced. This is in accordance with the hypothesis that cultivation methods can give large enough changes in composition of plant foods to affect physiological aspects important for health of consumers. It indicates that further stusies should be made of the links between plant cultivation, plant composition and health, for example regarding the question of the nutritional value of organic versus conventional food

Produção de Leite Controlo da Qualidade e Segurança em Cadeias de Produção Biológica

Este desdobrável destina-se a produtores e outros agentes envolvidos na produção e distribuição de leite biológico, sobre o que se pode fazer nas várias etapas da cadeia de produção de forma a melhorar a qualidade e a segurança do leite biológico, de acordo com os requisitos gerais da certificação da segurança alimentar. Foram também preparados desdobráveis para outros produtos, bem como desdobráveis dirigidos aos consumidores e retalhistas

Producción de Leche Control de la Calidad y Seguridad en las Cadenas de Producción Orgánica

Este catálogo se destina a productores y otros agentes envueltos en la producción y distribución de leche orgánica, e pretende dar una visión práctica sobre lo que se puede hacer en varias etapas de la cadena de producción para a mejorar la calidad y la seguridad de la leche orgánica, de acuerdo con los requisitos generales de la certificación de la seguridad alimenticia. Fueron también preparados catálogos para otros productos, así como catálogos dirigidos a los consumidores y minoristas

Produzione e confezionamento di Latte Controllo di Qualità e Sicurezza nelle Filiere di Produzione Biologica

Questo opuscolo rappresenta una piccola guida pratica per produttori e per altri attori coinvolti nella produzione di latte e prodotti lattiero-caseari. Su ciò che può essere fatto durante queste fasi, in aggiunta alla certificazione ed alle norme generali di sicurezza, per migliorare sicurezza e la qualità del latte biologico. Altri opuscoli si occupano della filiera d’altri alimenti o sono indirizzati a consumatori e rivenditori al dettaglio