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Costs of Improving Food Safety in the Meat Sector (The)

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Jensen, Helen H.
Unnevehr, Laurian J.
Gomez, Miguel I.

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Recently enacted food safety regulations require processors to meet product standards for microbial contamination in meat products. An analysis of the cost-effectiveness of several technological interventions for microbial control in beef and pork processing shows that marginal improvements in food safety can be obtained, but at increasing costs. The additional food safety intervention costs represent about 1 percent of total processing costs for beef and pork. Some interventions and combinations are more cost-effective than others.

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Paper provided by Iowa State University, Department of Economics in its series Staff General Research Papers with number 1156.

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Date of creation: 31 Mar 1998
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Publication status: Published in Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, July 1998, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 83-94.
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  1. Marvin L. HAYENGA, 1997. "Cost Structures Of Pork Slaughter And Processing Firms: Behavioral And Performance Implications," Staff Papers 287, Iowa State University Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  2. Helfand, Gloria E, 1991. "Standards versus Standards: The Effects of Different Pollution Restrictions," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 81(3), pages 622-34, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Crutchfield, Stephen R. & Buzby, Jean C. & Roberts, Tanya & Ollinger, Michael & Lin, C.T. Jordan, 1997. "Economic Assessment of Food Safety Regulations: The New Approach to Meat and Poultry Inspection," Agricultural Economics Reports 34009, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. [Downloadable!]
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  1. Helen H. Jensen & Laurian J. Unnevehr, 1999. "HACCP in Pork Processing: Costs and Benefits," Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) Publications 99-wp227, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Resende-Filho, Moises & Buhr, Brian, 2007. "Economics of traceability for mitigation of food recall costs," MPRA Paper 3650, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
  3. Laurian J. Unnevehr & Helen H. Jensen, 1999. "Economic Implications of Using HACCP as a Food Safety Regulatory Standard, The," Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) Publications 99-wp228, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Narrod, Clare A. & Malcolm, Scott A. & Ollinger, Michael & Roberts, Tanya, 1999. "Pathogen Reduction Options In Slaughterhouses And Methods For Evaluating Their Economic Effectiveness," 1999 Annual meeting, August 8-11, Nashville, TN 21562, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]
  5. Unnevehr, Laurian J. & Jensen, Helen H., 2001. "Industry Compliance Costs: What Would They Look Like in a Risk-Based Integrated Food System?," Staff General Research Papers 1992, Iowa State University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  6. Hossain, Ferdaus & Jensen, Helen H., 2000. "Lithuania's Food Demand During Economic Transition," Staff General Research Papers 1715, Iowa State University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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