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Food Safety Improvements Underway in China

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  • Calvin, Linda
  • Gale, H. Frederick, Jr.
  • Hu, Dinghuan
  • Lohmar, Bryan

Abstract

Adverse publicity about contaminated food exports and growing domestic concerns have prompted China to improve overall food safety. Producing safer food for export is expensive and reduces China’s cost advantage. Only a small portion of Chinese production for the domestic market meets the new government standards for safer food.

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  • Calvin, Linda & Gale, H. Frederick, Jr. & Hu, Dinghuan & Lohmar, Bryan, 2006. "Food Safety Improvements Underway in China," Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, pages 1-6, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersaw:125655
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.125655
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    1. Revell, Brian J. & Xue, Liu, 2007. "China: A Tiger only in the East or a World Player in High Quality Fresh Produce Exports?," 105th Seminar, March 8-10, 2007, Bologna, Italy 7886, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    2. Wang, Holly H. & Yu, Hailong & Li, Binglong, 2017. "Is dairy complex a solution to milk safety? A comparison of farmers’ perceived and realized food safety effects," International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, vol. 20(4), February.
    3. Xiaoheng Zhang & Ping Qing & Xiaohua Yu, 2019. "Short supply chain participation and market performance for vegetable farmers in China," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 63(2), pages 282-306, April.
    4. Yamada, Nanae & Sui, Shuyan, 2013. "Response of local producers to agro-food port rejection : the case of Chinese vegetable exports," IDE Discussion Papers 390, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO).
    5. Wang, Zhigang & Mao, Yanna & Gale, Fred, 2008. "Chinese consumer demand for food safety attributes in milk products," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 33(1), pages 27-36, February.
    6. Ortega, David L. & Wang, H. Holly & Wu, Laping & Olynk, Nicole J., 2011. "Modeling heterogeneity in consumer preferences for select food safety attributes in China," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 36(2), pages 318-324, April.
    7. Gale, H. Frederick, Jr. & Huang, Kuo S., 2007. "Demand For Food Quantity And Quality In China," Economic Research Report 7252, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    8. Zhou, Jiehong & Jin, Shaosheng, 2009. "Adoption of Food Safety and Quality Standards by China’s Agricultural Cooperatives: A Way out of Monitoring Production Practices of Numerous Small-scale Farmers ?," 2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China 50293, International Association of Agricultural Economists.

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