Die Zunahme ernährungsbedingter Krankheiten in Industrieländern lenkt die Aufmerksamkeit von Verbrauchern, Ernährungsindustrie und Lebensmitteleinzelhandel (LEH) zunehmend auf Lebensmittel mit Zusatznutzen für die Gesundheit. Empfehlungen der Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) zur Vorbeugung...

Food product attributes related to geographical origins are a topical issue in global food trade. The provision of geographical labelling may occur through geographical indications under the mandated trade rules of the TRIPS Agreement, trademarks, or country-of-origin labelling. The overall...

It is the objective of this paper to provide a methodological framework for the analysis of regional marketing programs which inlclude regional-origin labelling as well as quality assurance and control. Such programs are increasingly being introduced in Europe and other parts of the world as a...

The United States mandated a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) food safety standard for seafood in 1997. Panel model results for the period 1990 to 2004 suggest that HACCP introduction had a negative and significant impact on overall seafood imports from the top 33 suppliers. While...

We estimate the impact of vitamin supplement intake, lifestyle, health indicators, food culture, and demographics on diet quality outcomes as measured by the Healthy Eating Index–2005 (HEI). Our data consists of U.S. adults who participated in the 2003–2004 National Health and Nutrition...

The debate over the “right way” of protecting geographical indicators (GIs) has resulted in a growing body of literature investigating the welfare effects of GI policies using economic modelling approaches. This paper presents a synthesis of a small yet growing number of analytical studies...

"Fat content is an attribute of major concern to health conscious consumers and of growing importance in the discussion of nutrition-related diseases in Canada. This paper combines multinomial logit and Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) analysis to investigate Canadian consumers' preferences and...

The United States is the third largest consumer of seafood products in the world. The percentage of imported seafood consumed in the U.S. has steadily increased from 66% in 1999 to over 84% in 2009 (NOAA, 2010). Food safety, especially of imported foods and products from developing countries,...