Accountability, Governance and Regulation

While there is a clear public interest in ensuring the ready supply of wholesome and safe food, over time much of the governance of food standards in modern integrated food production systems has been left to the private supply chains.

Our work in this area examines the shift from command and control regulatory models for food to much wider governance systems involving a complex array of actors in increasingly globalised systems of supply.

This gives rise to a number of sub-themes under this heading including: the role of science in responses to the periodic food crises; the geographies of food regulation; and the sustainability of food supply systems.

Research Projects:

UK Food Supply in the 21st Century: the New Dynamic (2008 - 2009)

Accounting for Taste: Contested Accountability Regulation in Food (2001 - 2006)