Transparency of a supply chain is the extent to which all its stakeholders have a
shared understanding of and access to the product-related information, without loss,
noise, delay and distortion (Hofstede et al. 2005; Deimel et al. 2008). Transparency
in the food supply chain is essential to guarantee food quality. Food supply chains
plan to achieve transparency with respect to multitude of food properties and are
linked through governance mechanisms that are supported by information systems
and aim to achieve pre-defined production standards, specified in quality and safety
standards (Trienekens et al. 2012).