EUROPEAN STANDARDS OF FOOD SAFETY AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

Understanding Consumer Rationalities: Consumer Involvement in European Food Safety Governance of Avian Influenza

Zoonoses are diseases that are transmitted naturally between animals and humans. The control of food-borne zoonoses within the European Union is a prerequisite for assuring a functional internal market and consequently represents an important item on the political agenda. Unfortunately, until recently, gaining a clear view of the current incidence of food-borne zoonoses and the prevalence of it...

Consumer Perceptions Of Food Safety

Selection of Food Safety Standards

This paper examines performance versus process standards modeling the variability of industry-level compliance and therefore food safety. Monte Carlo simulations are conducted manipulating four factors: the variances of input use of efficient and inefficient firms, the proportion of inefficient firms in the industry and the policymakers' level of risk aversion. Results suggest that process stan...

European Food Safety Authority

European Food Safety Authority