The economics of HACCP: costs and benefits.

Author(s) : AACC, UNNEVEHR L. J.

Type of monograph: Book

Summary

This collection of 24 papers regarding HACCP issues and implementation ranges from governmental concerns with the cost of regulation and food producers' and manufacturers' need for competitive marketplace strategy, through to the interests of small businesses remaining buoyant in the face of increasing demands for food safety. The papers were presented at a conference in June 1998, convened by the NE-165 Regional Research Project on Private Strategies, Public Policies and Food System Performance. They are divided into two parts:1. HACCP and food safety as public policy issues in the US: analysing the impact of HACCP regulations in the US; measuring the distributional impact of US HACCP regulations; market incentives for quality and safety improvement.2. International perspectives on HACCP: costs and benefits: implications of HACCP for vertical coordination; HACCP in food retailing; HACCP costs and benefits.

Details

  • Original title: The economics of HACCP: costs and benefits.
  • Record ID : 2004-0963
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Regulation
  • Publication: AACC (American Association of Cereal Chemists) - Belgium/Belgium/United states/United states
  • Publication date: 2000
  • ISBN: 1891127160
  • Source: Source: 420 p. (15.7 x 23.5); fig.; tabl.; ref.; USD 99.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.