Quality perception throughout the table egg supply chain

Mitrović, Marija; Tomašević, Igor; Đjekić, Ilija

doi:10.1108/bfj-08-2021-0941

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“…The analysis included farm–retail and retail–household interactions. The Mann–Whitney (U) test was used to determine ranking differences at a statistical significance level of 0.05, as in the work of Mitrovic et al [ 33 ].…”

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Assessment of Environmental Impacts from Different Perspectives—Case Study of Egg Value Chain System in Serbia

Mitrović

Tomašević

Đjekić

2022

Foods

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The environmental performance of various aspects of animal origin food supply chains has been the focus of research in recent years, and has provided useful information. However, there were no studies that covered the entire egg supply chain from different perspectives. The aim of this study was to analyze the majority of environmental impacts in the table egg supply chain comprising of three subsystems: farms, retail outlets and households, with quantification of each individual subsystem and the entire supply chain. All data were gathered from 30 farms, 50 retail stores and 300 households in Serbia. In parallel, the perception and ranking of environmental impacts along the supply chain were also evaluated. Finally, the quality function deployment for the environment was used to determine the degree of correlation between the set of environmental requirements and the identified environmental impacts. Results revealed that the greatest environmental impacts come from the production of feed for laying hens and the use of natural resources, and they contribute the most to the pollution of each individual environmental indicator. Additionally, the results show the differences in the environmental impacts of each individual subsystem and identify opportunities to mitigate them through the optimization of animal feed, energy consumption and household food waste management. The overall perspective of the egg supply chain points to climate change effects as the most important. The differences in the perceptions of environmental impacts along the entire egg supply chain suggest the need for promotion of mitigation strategies to all stakeholders that would encourage them to achieve sustainable development goals.

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Assessment of Environmental Impacts from Different Perspectives—Case Study of Egg Value Chain System in Serbia

Mitrović

Tomašević

Đjekić

2022

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“…However, their results also showed that packaging and brand name are the least important for consumers. Results of a recent study also showed price and size to be the determining factors for consumers in egg purchases (Berkhoff et al, 2020), whilst according to Mitrovic et al (2022) consumers appreciate most shelf life, type of production, egg size and shell appearance.…”

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“…Doyon et al, 2016). Furthermore, production system has been considered as one of the most significant factors influencing consumers' purchase decisions for egg products in the UK (Parrott et al, 2016) and in Serbia (Mitrovic et al, 2022). Also, evidence also exists on consumers' willingness to pay higher prices for adding objects in barn systems, such as perches and nesting boxes (Doyon et al, 2016) and removing the beak trimming practice from production (Ochs et al, 2018).…”

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“…The recent studies on egg products have focussed on sustainability issues, such as animal welfare and production methods (e.g. Doyon et al, 2016;Parrott et al, 2016;Pettersson et al, 2016;H€ orisch, 2018;Ochs et al, 2018;Busse et al, 2019;Mitrovic et al, 2022;Rondoni et al, 2020;Gautron et al, 2022). These issues are interlinked, as the central part of animal welfare in poultry production is the system used to produce meat end eggs (Parrott et al, 2016).…”

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Consumers' views on egg quality and preferences for responsible production – results from nine European countries

Harju,

Lähtinen,

Heinola

et al. 2023

BFJ

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to provide information on how citizens in nine countries across Europe perceive egg product quality and the importance of a product's sustainability attributes (animal welfare, country of origin and production method) in egg purchases.Design/methodology/approachThe data were gathered in 2021 via an online survey in nine European countries (Finland, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Romania and Denmark). A total of 3,601 responses were collected. As methods of analysis, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), independent samples t-test, paired samples t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were conducted when investigating the quality dimensions of egg products and the differences amongst the sociodemographic groups.FindingsCitizens in European countries considered animal welfare aspects, production method and country of origin important when purchasing egg products. Citizens' perceived quality of egg products was related to two dimensions (i.e. product properties and responsible production), and there were differences in perceptions by sociodemographic groups (i.e. age, gender, education and country of residence). Responsible production was most valued by younger women with higher education. Also in the Netherlands and Romania, citizens had stronger preferences for product properties compared to responsible production, whilst in Germany, responsible production was appreciated more than product properties.Originality/valueThe study provides new information on citizens' perceived egg product quality and the role of a product's sustainability attributes in egg purchases. Furthermore, the results bring novel insights on the differences in perceptions amongst citizens living in nine European countries.

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“…Eggs are considered a perishable food product where careful preservation and storage is extremely important to guarantee the nutritional value and freshness (Braun, 2000; Gałązka‐Czarnecka et al ., 2019). Unambiguously, the journey from farm to table presents with different challenges, with a significant percentage of eggs rendered uncollectable due to issues ranging from cracked shells to transportation and storage‐related factors, including those affecting freshness (Mitrovic et al ., 2022).…”

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Implications of the storage conditions and production system on the physical properties of eggs: a multivariate data analysis study

Cozzolino,

Sanal,

Soumeh

et al. 2024

Int J of Food Sci Tech

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SummaryThe objective of this study was to apply multivariate data analytical methods to evaluate the effect of both storage conditions (cold and room temperature) and production systems (cage and free range) on the physical properties of chicken eggs produced under tropical conditions. The results of this study indicated that most of the physical quality parameters (Haugh units, egg weight, albumin height, yolk colour, shell breaking and shell thickness) measured in the egg samples stored at room temperature (RT) were lower compared with egg samples stored in cold room (CT) conditions. The weight loss rate (WLR) was higher in the egg samples from RT compared with CT conditions. Both egg samples from either CT storage conditions or FR production system had the best quality parameters (high Haugh units, heavy egg weights and low WLR). The highest classification rate using linear discriminant analysis was obtained for the prediction of systems of production where egg samples from cage (C) and FR were 83% and 80% correctly classified. However, the classification of weeks of storage provides with intermediate classification results based on the physical parameters measured where 75% and 72% of the samples were correctly classified as stored in CT or RT storage conditions, respectively. The utilisation of multivariate data analysis allowed for the analysis of all the variables at the time without the need to isolate effects such as birds age, housing systems or by the solely interpretation of a single parameter.

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Quality perception throughout the table egg supply chain

Cited by 5 publications

References 56 publications

Assessment of Environmental Impacts from Different Perspectives—Case Study of Egg Value Chain System in Serbia

Assessment of Environmental Impacts from Different Perspectives—Case Study of Egg Value Chain System in Serbia

Consumers' views on egg quality and preferences for responsible production – results from nine European countries

Implications of the storage conditions and production system on the physical properties of eggs: a multivariate data analysis study

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