The current debate on trade liberalization is accompanied by an increased concern about environmental and food safety issues leading to frictions of different country groups under the World Trade Organization (WTO). This discussion paper aims at shedding more light on some of the issues in the...

Food safety is one of the most important issues confronting consumers, producers and distributors. This book focuses on the specific example of food safety in the beef industry in the USA, Canada, the UK and Australia, and includes implications for competitiveness and world trade.