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HACCP as a Regulatory Innovation to Improve Food Safety in the Meat Industry

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  • Laurian J. Unnevehr
  • Helen H. Jensen

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There is widespread consensus that the current system of meat inspection in the United States does not address the most important food safety hazard in meat products: microbial food-borne pathogens. The National Academy of Sciences has issued a series of reports outlining an alter­native approach to ensuring the safety of meat and poultry products (National Research Council 1985, 1987, 1990). In contrast to the current system of organoleptic carcass-by-carcass in­ spection, the new approach would rely on science-based risk assessment and prevention rather than on detection of hazards. The preven­ tive approach is codified in a set of principles known as the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) system, which was developed by industrial engineers in the food-processing industry.
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  • Laurian J. Unnevehr & Helen H. Jensen, 1996. "HACCP as a Regulatory Innovation to Improve Food Safety in the Meat Industry," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 78(3), pages 764-769.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:78:y:1996:i:3:p:764-769
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