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The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) which was signed into law in January, 2011 represents a major initiative to improve food safety in the US. The legislation mandates the US Food and Drug Administration with developing a regulatory system to implement the Act. As yet, the full effect of...
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This article examines the implications for the international trade environment of public and private standards for food safety and food quality. Public (mandatory) standards are a response to a perceived market failure and include mandatory risk assessment procedures, restrictions on harmful...
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Traceability and authenticity issues have gained increasing prominence in food markets and create both opportunities … emerging technology with the potential to deliver traceability and authenticity assurances. A key question for the food … industry in adopting new technologies is consumer acceptance. This paper explores consumer attitudes toward traceability and …
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. Traceability systems can vary from simple traceback systems to systems that provide identity preservation and quality assurance …. This report reviews the different red meat traceability systems that are in place around the world, and explores the … question: 'What kind of a traceability system do Canadian consumers want in the red meat sector?' The authors use experimental …
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Given the credence nature of food quality and food safety attributes, consumers rely on abstract systems of regulation as well as quality signals such as brands to make informed choices. Motivated by the need to further investigate what influences consumer confidence in credence attributes, this...
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As markets become globalized, food safety policy and international trade policy are increasingly intertwined. Globalization also means that food safety incidents are widely reported internationally. One result is that food safety incidents can negatively impact products where no food safety...
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The discovery of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Canada and the United States in 2003 prompted an immediate and decisive reaction from importers, with the closure of most markets to beef and cattle exports from Canada and the United States. Two years later, many of these bans have not...
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The global market for agri-food products has been divided for a decade. The division arose over the approval of biotechnology-based innovations – with the European Union temporarily suspending approvals and imports until it could devise a new approval mechanism. Other countries chose between...
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