The economics of food safety

Ritson, Christopher; Mai, Li‐Wei

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“…Regulatory responses have fallen, roughly speaking, into two categories (Ritson & Mai 1998). The first refers to the enforcement of common standards for food safety, which has no immediate impact on consumer food choice, but is debatable in terms of economic efficiency when consumer preferences for safety are assumed to be heterogeneous.…”

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“…Food safety is considered to be the probability of not suffering certain hazards from consuming the food in question (Henson & Traill 1993). Food safety is a universal concern, which can affect consumer market behavior and decisionmaking independently from other qualitative factors (Ritson & Mai 1998). Consumers' demand for safer foods has increased significantly during the last two decades because of increasing income, population, education, urbanization, communication, and new technologies affecting people and the environment (Grunert 2005).…”

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Consumers’ Purchase Intention toward Safety Labeled Dairy Products in the Black Sea Region of Turkey

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About half of raw milk production in Turkey is sold under unsanitary conditions in open-air markets or by street vendors without following appropriate food safety standards and the consumers face a very high risk of consuming potentially unsafe dairy products. This research aims to assess consumers' awareness and attitudes about food safety, and to assess the market potential of certified labeled dairy products by determining consumers' purchase intention toward such products. The data was collected from a survey of 423 urban households by using the method of simple random sampling in Trabzon and Samsun provinces. In order to assess the market potential of certified labeled dairy products, an ordered probit model was specified and estimated to determine factors that may affect respondents' purchase decision. The study reveals that a vast majority of the respondents was not aware of food safety standards and they often purchased unsafe dairy products from farmers or open-air markets. The estimated model results show that factors such as food safety attribute, food poisoning experience, looking for food safety assurance, having information about food safety standards, college education and income have significant positive effects on consumers' purchase intention toward safety labeled dairy products, while concern for food poisoning has a significant negative effect. ÖZETTürkiye'de üretilen sütün yaklaşık yarısı açık pazarlarda veya sokak satıcıları tarafından sağlıklı olmayan koşullarda satılmakta ve tüketiciler gıda güvenirliği olmayan süt ürünlerini tüketmelerinden dolayı potansiyel olarak yüksek bir risk

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Consumers’ Purchase Intention toward Safety Labeled Dairy Products in the Black Sea Region of Turkey

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“…Close co‐operation between private sectors and regulators in information and incentive programs may change external punishment to proactive, internal control and enhance food safety management (Martinez, Fearne, Caswell, & Henson, ; Rouvière & Caswell, ). However, effective coregulation or voluntary control may not be achieved due to potential market failure and the complex interactions and interdependence of food agents’ behavior (Antle, ; Caswell & Padberg, ; Goldsmith, Turan, & Gow, ; Hussain, ; Ritson & Li, ).…”

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Market power and food safety in the China pork industry

2018

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Using data collected from a pork firm survey, we develop a modeling framework and use the conjectural variation method to examine the effect of market power on the food safety of the pork industry in China. Probit models with a two-step Heckman selection procedure are applied to identify the determinants of the likelihood and degree of food safety violations. Market power is found to reduce the likelihood of violation but not the degree of violation. Other factors such as traceability systems, adoption of risk control systems and industry standards, and the scale and scope of operations also impact food safety violations. Findings suggest that market power in China's pork industry provides incentives for firms to mitigate risk and improve food safety.However, firms may continue to have challenges in meeting food safety obligations when moving toward mega-size and product diversification.

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“…Presently, consumers are paying increasing attention to the quality and safety of food products, with particular focus on the direct or potential negative impact of food products manufactured in the biotechnological industry (e.g., genetically modified foods). Food safety is defined in both broad and narrow senses [1]. In the narrow sense, food does not cause any acute, subacute, or chronic hazards to human health.…”

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A Decision-Making Model for Deterring Food Vendors from Selling Harmless Low-Quality Foods as High-Quality Foods to Consumers

Chen

2017

Journal of Food Quality

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For certain types of foods, food vendors often label low-quality foods that are harmless to human health as foods of excellent quality and sell these falsely labeled products to consumers. Because this type of food poses no harm to human health, when public health units discover their act of false labeling or food adulteration, vendors are only penalized with a fine rather than having them assume criminal liability. Upon discovering vendors act of falsely labeling food, public health units typically punish the involved parties according to the extent of false labeling. Such static protective measure is ineffective. Instead, the extent of punishment should be based not only on the extent of false labeling, but also on the frequency of food sampling as well as the number of samples obtained for food inspections. Only through this dynamic approach can food adulteration or false labeling be effectively prevented. Adopting the standpoint of the public sector in food safety management, this study developed a mathematical model that facilitates discussion on the aforementioned problems. Furthermore, we discussed how the supply-demand environmental factors of the food market are influenced by the administrative means that the public health units have used to prevent food false labeling.

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The economics of food safety

Cited by 39 publications

References 12 publications

Consumers’ Purchase Intention toward Safety Labeled Dairy Products in the Black Sea Region of Turkey

Consumers’ Purchase Intention toward Safety Labeled Dairy Products in the Black Sea Region of Turkey

Market power and food safety in the China pork industry

A Decision-Making Model for Deterring Food Vendors from Selling Harmless Low-Quality Foods as High-Quality Foods to Consumers

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