Heterogeneous efforts in voluntary programmes on food safety

The role of food safety in child survival programmes.

Food Safety Practices in COVID-19 Pandemic

This article has no abstract. DOI: 10.18502/jfqhc.7.3.4142

Efforts in Chemicalindustries Safety Assessment In

'''''A variety of testings to be incerporated in the research and development program of new chemicals to assess their fates and effects onto man and his environment should be so designed as to duly furnish reliable preliminary information. A rapid in vivo assay for animal carcinogenicity and a model ecosystem for bioaccumulation in aquatic organisms are discussed as examples of these brief tes...

Voluntary Product Safety Certification

This paper describes the incentives for firms to seek voluntary product safety certifications. We consider a firm which makes the decision of whether or not to seek certification prior to selling the product. We show that, even when the firm and the consumers have same beliefs about the product safety there are incentives for the firm to seek safety certification. The main analysis investigates...

Food for thought ... On food safety testing.

More than any other consumer product range, food represents an emotional issue with a strong cultural dimension. In a eurobarometer survey of 2002, 89% of the europeans interviewed considered food safety to be very important; interestingly 80% considered animal welfare to be very important in the same survey. Food also has an enormous economic impact on society, with the european food and drink...