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The Economics of Safeguarding the U.S. Food Supply

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  • Roberts, Tanya
  • van Ravenswaay, Eileen

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Recent scientific developments are changing knowledge about risks in the food supply and revolutionizing procedures for controlling those risks. New tests reveal that micro-organisms are a more common cause of foodborne disease than most Americans suspect. New data on widely used chemicals sometimes show levels of residues so low that they were formerly undetectable. Rapid tests may improve monitoring of the critical control points in food production and distribution. The improved testing could trigger legal restrictions. Many food safety policies were adopted before these testing improvements. The challenge is to incorporate this new knowledge into workable food safety policies that take into account the economic costs and benefits of such regulation.

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  • Roberts, Tanya & van Ravenswaay, Eileen, 1989. "The Economics of Safeguarding the U.S. Food Supply," Agricultural Information Bulletins 309493, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersab:309493
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.309493
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    1. Jones, Judith Lea & Weimer, Jon P., 1977. "Food Safety: Homemakers' Attitudes and Practices," Agricultural Economic Reports 307640, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Ravenswaay, Eileen O. van, 1987. "How Much Food Safety Do Consumers Want? An Analysis of Current Studies and Strategies for Future Research," Staff Paper Series 200936, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
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