edited by A.G.J. Velthius et al

New Approaches to Food-Safety Economics is notable for its coverage of the entire range of food safety economics issues from "farm to table", including consumer issues, production supply chain coordination, and international trade.

New Approaches to Food-Safety Economics is the first to provide a comprehensive look at emerging issues such as tracking and tracing, product liability, and the interface between risk assessment and economic analysis. The book is also notable for providing international perspectives on these issues from both the European Union and the United States.

New Approaches to Food-Safety Economics is intended for technical specialists and policy makers in agricultural economics, food safety, or risk assessment.

Contents

1. New approaches to food-safety economics: overview and new research directions

   Consumer health and welfare

2. Food-safety economics: consumer health and welfare
3. Consumer perception of food safety: role and influencing factors
4. Quantitative risk assessment of food-borne pathogens a modeling approach

   Traceability and certification in the supply chain

5. Technical and economic considerations about traceability and certification in livestock production chains
6. Traceability and certification in food quality production a critical view

   Farm-to-table risk analysis and HACCP

7. Food system risk analysis and HACCP
8. The economics of HACCP: farm-to-table analysis

   Transparency in intra-EU and International trade

9. Regulating food safety in the European Union
10. A review of empirical studies of the trade and economic effects of food-safety regulations
11. International trade transparency the issue in the World Trade Organization
12. Food-safety activities in the World Bank
13. Food safety and security system in agrifood chains in Japan

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