Do Inspection and Traceability Provide Incentives for Food Safety?

One of the goals of inspection and traceability is to motivate suppliers to deliver safer food. The ability of these policies to motivate suppliers depends on the accuracy of the inspection, the cost of failing inspection, the cost of causing a foodborne illness, and the proportion of these costs pa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: S. Andrew Starbird, Vincent Amanor-Boadu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Agricultural Economics Association 2006-04-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Online Access:https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/10143