scholarly journals INTERNATIONAL DIFFUSION OF FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS: THE ROLE OF DOMESTIC CERTIFIERS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 296-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
REZGAR MOHAMMED ◽  
YUQING ZHENG
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
The United States ◽  
Safety Standards ◽  
International Diffusion ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Country Food ◽  
Food Safety Standards ◽  
Cross National

AbstractWe examined the cross-national adoption of six major private food safety standards, focusing on the role of certifiers and international trade. Results show that the number of certification bodies existing in the domestic country, food exports, and the proportion of food exports to North America had positive effects on a country's adoption of food safety standards. Distance leads to product differentiation for the standards and therefore disadvantages developing countries in Africa and Asia for adopting the standards, which are all based in the United States or Europe. Providing these countries with better access to certifiers can alleviate this geographic disadvantage.

scholarly journals Economic Analysis of Food Safety Compliance Costs and Foodborne Illness Outbreaks in the United States

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis A. Ribera ◽  
Marco A. Palma ◽  
Mechel Paggi ◽  
Ronald Knutson ◽  
Joseph G. Masabni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Cucumis Melo ◽  
The United States ◽  
Compliance Costs ◽  
Safety Standards ◽  
Spinacea Oleracea ◽  
Safety Compliance ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
June July ◽  
Food Safety Standards

This study investigates the potential impact of food safety outbreaks on domestic shipments, imports, and prices of the produce industry. Moreover, the compliance costs associated with new food safety standards were also estimated. Three case studies were analyzed to assess these potential impacts: the muskmelon (Cucumis melo) outbreak of Mar.–Apr. 2008, the spinach (Spinacea oleracea) outbreak of Sept. 2006, and the tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) outbreak of June–July 2008. The results demonstrate that the costs incurred by producers because of food safety outbreaks in produce are far greater than preventing such incidents.

Urban households’ willingness to pay for milk safety in Samsun and Trabzon provinces of Turkey

2019 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Bozoglu ◽  
Abdulbaki Bilgic ◽  
Chung L. Huang ◽  
Wojciech J. Florkowski ◽  
Bakiye Kilic Topuz
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Effective Factors ◽  
Safety Standards ◽  
Urban Households ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Food Safety Standards

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine urban households’ willingness to pay (WTP) for milk safety and to analyze the factors affecting WTP premiums using data obtained from surveys conducted in Samsun and Trabzon provinces, Turkey. Design/methodology/approach Contingent valuation and censoring methods including the error-dependent bivariate Heckman SS model were used for estimating WTP for milk safety and its effective factors, respectively. Findings The study indicates that 68 percent of the households were willing to pay 0.35 per liter for improving the safety of milk. The model results show that satisfaction with food safety standards, being married and full-time employment have statistically significant positive effects on the WTP for ISO-certified milk. However, purchasing milk from farmers or open-air markets, age, having a child six-year old or younger, and high school or higher education have statistically significant negative effects on the WTP for ISO-certified milk. Research limitations/implications The main limitation of the current study is that only urban consumers’ WTP and effective factors for milk safety were examined in two provinces of Turkey. Practical implications More rigorous implementations of food safety standards, traceability systems and effective educational campaigns could promote households’ food safety awareness and increase their demand for milk safety. Social implications Knowing what factors are involved in consumer WTP is extremely important for decision makers to create new social policies in the region or country. Originality/value A similar study has not been conducted in Turkey. The novelty of this study is the specification and robust estimation of three different but competing models to reveal the wide range of WTP amounts for safe milk.

Do China's food safety standards affect agricultural trade? The case of dairy products

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dingqiang Sun ◽  
Jikun Huang ◽  
Jun Yang
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Dairy Products ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Agricultural Trade ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Safety Standards ◽  
Food Safety Standards

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine how China's food safety standards affect agricultural trade in the case of dairy products. Design/methodology/approach – A gravity model is applied to quantitatively address the impacts of changing food safety standards in China in the case of its dairy imports. The paper considers the trade impacts of not only a specific hazard substance but also overall strictness of safety standards. Findings – The paper shows that changes in food safety standards of dairy products have no effect on China's dairy imports. The finding is not particularly surprising considering special characteristics of China's food safety standards. Given the fact that China's safety standards are relatively lower than that in its major exporters, the trade-impeding effect may not be substantial. Research limitations/implications – First, this study is unable to estimate the trade-enhancing and trade-impending effects separately. Second, the study does not account for a potential endogeneity issue associated with food safety standards. Originality/value – This paper contributes to the debate on how food safety standards affect trade by demonstrating that safety standards in developing countries like China can affect international trade differently from that in developed countries. Although results are specific to China's dairy imports, the explanations are applicable to food safety standards in other developing countries.

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