Case Studies

• Quality Management Systems for Agriculture: Principles and Case Studies. (PDF) Charles R. Hurburgh, Jr., and Ray Hansen.  December 2002

• Cost-Benefit Analysis Flow Chart for Identity Preservation System: A Case Study of Ultra Low Linolenic Soybeans Grown on Iowa Farms – Abstract,  Greg Bennet. April 2007.

• Supply Chain Management: Multiple Route Optimization .  Maitri Thakur. November 2007.

Food Safety

• Biotechnology Industry Says New FDA Rules will Boost Food Safety.  Omaha World-Herald.  November 2004

• EU Commission Seeks to Increase Biotech Food Safety.   Reuters News Service.  January 2004

• Leaching of a Veterinary Antibiotic Through Soil Columns.  April 2005.

• Maintaining Food Safety Through Quality. Charles Hurburgh and John Lawrence. October 2010

• Sensory Quality and Nutrient Composition of Three Hawaiian Fruit Treated by X-Irradiation . Gretchen Mosher. 2002.

• Strategic Diagnostics Receives GIPSA Performance Certification on Additional TraitChek Test. (PDF)  Strategic Diagnostics Inc. August 2003.

• Out-of-Field Teaching in Iowa's Middle School Family and Consumer Sciences Programs . Gretchen Mosher.  June 2002.

ISO - 9000

• Ag 9000: Quality Management System for Grain Production.  December 2004

• Calculating and Reporting Benefits of QMS.  July 2005

• Grain Elevators Get Helping Hand.  March 2004

• The Impact of Quality Management Systems.  September 2005

• Iowans are the First U.S. Farmers to Achieve ISO 9002 Certification.  December 2000

• ISO 9000 Quality Management Systems Program Evaluation and Audit.  May 2005

Quality Standards

• Quality of US Soybean Meal Compared to the Quality of Soybean Meal from Other Origins.  Maitri Thakur and Charles R. Hurburgh, Jr., Iowa State University.  July 2007.

• Does your Grain Calibration Need to be Updated? August 2006

• Quality of US Soybean Meal Compared to the Quality of Soybean Meal from Other Origins . Maitri Thakur, Iowa State University. May 2006.

• ISU Professory Eases Foreign Concerns About U.S. Grain.  May 2004

• Reference Chemistry Databases.  October 2005

• USDA and ISU Agree to Combine Grain Quality Databases. September 2000

Risk Management

• Leaching of Veterinary Antibiotics through Soil Columns. Lidia Esteve Agelet, April 2004.
• Prediction of PVC pipes performance under permeation conditions. Lidia Esteve Agelet, August 2006.
• Sensory Quality and Nutrient Compositioin of Three Hawaiian Fruit Treated by E-Irradiation. Gretchen Mosher, 2002.

Traceability

• 2009 Traceability Conference Information

• Conference Summary - September 2009
• Conference Presentations - September 2009
  • Challenges and Incentives of Traceability Programs for Meat Products - John Butler, Beef Marketing Group
  • Sourcing Brewing Materials for High Quality Beer - Steve Rockhold, Miller Coors
  • Distribution Perspective on Processes Used to Differentiate Quality, Add Value and Increase Traceability - Alan Reab, Sysco Iowa
  • Use of Quality Management Systems to Promote Traceability in Commodity Grains - Tim Sullivan, West Central Cooperative
  • Using ISO to Improve Purity and Quality of Seed - Scott Saienga, MBS Genetics, LLC
  • Use of Third Party Audit to Verify Sources from Farm to Supplier - Gary De Long, Novecta
  • Using Process Mapping to Facilitate Traceability - Petter Olsen, Nofima
    • Part 1
    • Part 2
    • Part 3
  • Economic Aspects of Regulation and Legislative Requirements - Helen H. Jensen, PhD
  • Regulatory Compliance and Legislative Requirements of Traceability - Richard Ross, TraceGains, Inc.
  • Maize to Milk: An Analysis of the Traceability Systems of Bulk Commodities - Brittini Brown, IGQI
  • Food Safety Implications of Implementing Internal Traceability System at a Grain Elevator - Maitri Thakur, IGQI
• Workshop Presentations
  • Case-based Experiences from Implementing Traceability in Stand-alone SMEs - Heiner Lehr
  • Case-based Experiences from Implementing Traceability in Supply Chains with Multiple Actors - Steinar Kjaernsroed
  • Electronic Data Interchange of Traceability Information - Stefan Hoskuldsson
  • How to Implement Electronic Chain Traceability - Jostein Storoey
  • Practical Case from the Food Industry - Kathryn Donnelly
  • Traceability and Food Safety - What is the Relationship? - Joop van der Roest
  • Some Food Incidents to Illustrate What can Happen When Traceability is not Present - Petter Olsen
    • Part 1
    • Part 2
  • The TraceFood Wiki, a Platform for Cooperation in the Supply Chain - Finn Olav Bjoernson
• Compliance & Cost-Benefit Analysis Methodologies for Grain Traceability and Identity Preserved Handling.  Greg Bennet. February 2008.
• Conceptual Design of Fully Traceable Supply Chain for Bulk Agricultural Commodities.  Maitri Thakur and Charles R. Hurburgh, Jr., Iowa State University. February 2008.
• GIS Based Agricultural Geo-Traceability Model. Poster by Gunsu Gemesi. April 2008.
• Performance Evaluation for Grain Traceability and Identity Preserved Production – Abstract. Greg Bennet. April 2008.
• Scorecard Matrix for Grain Traceability and Identity Preserved Production Compliance Effectiveness. Greg Bennet. April 2008.
• Traceability in Bulk Products
• Dynamic simulation model for tracking grain lots in an elevator.  Maitri Thakur. May 2007.
• Operational Techniques for Tracking Bulk Grain through Handling Systems and Supply Chains.  Maitri Thakur. August 2007.
• Quality Management Systems in Grain Elevators
• Food Traceability World Standards, Protocols and IT Solutions. Gunsu Gemesi. October 2006.
• Test of Crop Bioterrorism Alert System Suffessful.  Iowa State University.  February 2004.
• Tracking the Purity of Non-GM Grain at a Local Elevator Using Modeling.  April 2005.
• Source Verification for Iowa Specialty Grain Markets. (PDF) Charles R. Hurburgh, Jr., November 2002.
• U.S. Food Processors Form Task Force.  December 2002.