Errors in traceability can significantly impact the moral hazard associated with producing safe food. The effect of … on the efficiency of the traceability system. In this paper, we develop a model that identifies the minimum level of … traceability needed to mitigate moral hazard and motivate suppliers to produce safe food. Regulators and consumer can use the …

selection to examine how contracts that include traceability can be used to select against producers who cannot meet a processor … processor selects against unsafe producers regardless of traceability. Our results are important to regulators and negotiators …

One of the goals of inspection and traceability is to motivate suppliers to deliver safer food. The ability of these …