Globalization

Question 1

how is food being globalized

Answer 1

1. ingredients sourced from different locations to form final product i.e. chocolate bar
2. formation of a uniform eating culture trend (i.e. mcD/super-foods)

Question 2

McDonalds

Answer 2

example of ‘globalization’ whereby diversity exists as the global brand is adapted to local context (spice, packaing, price, etc)

Question 3

discuss the growth in perishable food

Answer 3

fruits/veggies/meats coming from eveywehre

–> growth in technological innovation (packaing, GMO, transport)

—> increased opportunities for developing countries to export ‘tropical’ products

–> longer trade however creates longer supply chains which are harder to regulate/control transnationally

Question 4

what is the WTO regulated by

Answer 4

it regulates the:
sps agreement
tbt agreement

Question 5

SPS agreement: what is it? 3 principles? what does it permit?

Answer 5

sanitary + phytosanitary aggreement:

1. food safety
2. animal and plant health
3. risks of pests/toxins/disease in food

it allows government to intervene in trade

Question 6

TBT agreement

what is it? principles? what does it permit?

Answer 6

technical barrier to trade:

food quality assessment

avoids trade barriers for agricultural/industrial products by using mandatory/voluntary standards (use internationall agreed-upon regulations by ISO)

Question 7

who dominates the food market

Answer 7

10 companies own 50% of global seed market and 82% o f pestidices

make up 28% of total food production market

Question 8

what regulates the food market in europe

Answer 8

global, local and regional levels

1. EFSA=european food safety authority
2. WTO
3. FAO/WHO

Question 9

codex alimentarius

Answer 9

an international fodo code to set standards, protect consumers and promote fair trade;

intergovernment comission formed by FAO, WHO, WTO yearly to be used as a procedureal mannual to faciliate trade, correct/conserve food

Question 10

consequences of global trade

Answer 10

1. trade liberalization: rich nations take advatange of poor countries
2. local farmers can’t produce food as cheap as imports= increases dependence on rihch nations
3. global ‘americanization of diets’ (highsugar/fat)
4. health risks (obesity, diabetes, heart disease)

Question 11

paradoxes of global food

Answer 11

high obesity: high hunger
47% crops for humans/40% for animal feed/biofuel
1.3 billion tons of exible fodo wasted that could feed the nugry

Question 12

key issues in global food

Answer 12

1. globalization
2. food safety and security
3. role of technology
4. rights/responsibilty of consumers/producers
5. food ethics

Question 13

example of consequence of americanization

Answer 13

pollo campero in el salvador

mc donalds