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Systemic Failure in the Provision of Safe Food

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Hennessy, David A.
Roosen, Jutta
Jensen, Helen H.

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Many deficiencies in the capacity of a food system to deliver safe products are systemic in nature. We suggest a taxonomy of four general ways in which a systemic failure might occur. One relates to the connectedness, or topology, of the system. Another arises from mistrust on the part of downstream parties concerning signals on product attributes, production processes, and the performance of regulatory mechanisms. A third arises when asymmetric information leads to low incentives for preserving food quality. Finally, inflexibilities in adapting to different states of nature may leave the system vulnerable to failures. Innovations in information technology and institutional design may ameliorate many problems, while appropriate trade, industrial organization, science, and public infrastructure policies also may fortify the system.

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Paper provided by Iowa State University, Department of Economics in its series Staff General Research Papers with number 2091.

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Publication status: Published in Food Policy, February 2003, Vol. 28, pp. 77-96.
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