The Economic Forces Driving Food Safety Quality in Meat and Poultry |
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| Authors: | Michael Ollinger Danna L Moore |
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| Institution: | Michael Ollinger is an economist at the Economic Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.;Danna L. Moore is an assistant director at the Social and Economic Sciences Research Center at Washington State University. |
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| Abstract: | This article examines the impact of regulation and market-driven private actions on food safety performance in the meat and poultry industries. We find that private actions account for about 80% and regulation about 20% of the overall reduction in the share of samples of cattle and hog carcasses, ground beef, and broilers testing positive for Salmonella if all regulation and private actions were increased by identical amounts. |
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