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The Impact of Food Safety Third-Party Certifications on China’s Food Exports to the United States
Zheng, Yuqing; Muth, Mary; Brophy, Jenna - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
.2%, and 2 to 3.3%, respectively. For the case of China, we found that each additional ISO, GLOBALGAP, and BRC certification in … China can increase China’s exports to the United States up to $472,562, $2,907,451, and $1,927,383, respectively. …
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Imports From China and Food Safety Issues
Gale Jr., H. Frederick; Buzby, Jean C. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2009
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) increased attention to food imports from China is an indicator of safety … concerns as imported food becomes more common in the United States. U.S. food imports from China more than tripled in value … products from China, China’s weak enforcement of food safety standards, its heavy use of agricultural chemicals, and its …
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Would Subsidizing a Food Pathogen Vaccine Upset the Food Policy Applecart
Marette, Stephan; Roe, Brian E.; Teisl, Mario F. - 2010
Vaccines against several common foodborne pathogens are being developed and could substantially alter the policy tools available to address foodborne illness. However, little analysis is available to suggest how social welfare would be affected by these new vaccines. To address this void, we use...
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The role of consumers’ perceptions in the valuation of food safety and convenience attributes of vegetables in Vietnam
Mergenthaler, Marcus; Weinberger, Katinka; Qaim, Matin - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
Food systems in developing countries are undergoing a profound transformation characterized by the emergence and expansion of modern retailers and integrated supply chains. Appropriate policies are needed to guide this transformation, presupposing a good understanding of consumer preferences. We...
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Consumer Purchasing Behavior in Response to Media Coverage of Avian Influenza
Beach, Robert H.; Zhen, Chen - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
Consumer concerns regarding food safety can have substantial impacts on their consumption patterns. Thus, understanding consumer response to food safety information is important for quantifying consumer response to food safety events, predicting market impacts, and developing appropriate risk...
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A non-compensatory choice modeling analysis of Japanese consumers’ preferences for beef: A choice experiment approach
Aizaki, Hideo; Sawada, Manabu; Sato, Kazuo; Kikkawa, Toshiko - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
The purpose of this paper is to examine, using choice experiments, the Japanese consumers’ valuation of domestic Wagyu beef, domestic dairy beef, Australian beef, and US beef when considering their bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) test status. Some Japanese consumers give high priority...
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Information Reference Models for European Pork Supply Networks
Lehmann, Richard J.; Fritz, Melanie; Schiefer, Gerhard - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2011
Several global developments such as diminishing production resources, limits in the availability of water and the growing demand for bio-energy as well as sector-wide crises (e.g. BSE, swine fever, dioxin) have led to a changing attitude of society towards the conse-quences of the food...
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The Impact of Non-tariff Barriers on Trade: The Gravity Model on Turkish Agri-Food Products
Asci, Serhat; Koc, A. Ali; Erdem, M. Sukru - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
The competition between the U.S. and the E.U. agricultural subsidies during 1980s decreased the world prices in agricultural and food markets but caused an extensive distortion in the international trade of agricultural and food products. Under these circumstances, World Trade Organization (WTO)...
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An Analysis of Food Safety Events on Consumers’ Confidence and Consumers Attitude towards Preparedness of U.S. Food System
Hill, Jessica I.; Bharad, Abhishek Bhagwat; Harrison, R. Wes - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2011
Every year hundreds of food recalls are made due to contamination. The main focus of this paper is to examine the effects of specific food events on consumers’ confidence in food safety as well as their preparedness regarding the United States food system. The food events studied in this are...
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Was Food Safety Declining?: Assessing the Justification for the US Food Safety Modernisation Act
Nakuja, Tekuni; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2013
Food safety regulations limit trade in bioproducts. Every country, however, has a duty to protect its citizens from food safety hazards. If risks are increasing under an existing food safety system then a strengthening of the regulatory regime can be justified, with the inevitable negative...
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