Standards as Barriers Versus Standards as Catalysts: Assessing the Impact of HACCP Implementation on U.S. Seafood Imports |
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| Authors: | Sven M. Anders Julie A. Caswell |
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| Affiliation: | Sven M. Anders is assistant professor, Department of Rural Economy, University of Alberta and Julie A. Caswell is professor, Department of Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst. |
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| Abstract: | The United States mandated a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) food safety standard for seafood in 1997. Panel model results for 1990 to 2004 suggest that HACCP introduction had a negative and significant impact on overall imports from the top thirty-three suppliers. While the effect for developed countries was positive, the negative effect for developing countries supports the view of "standards as barriers" versus "standards as catalysts." A different perspective emerges from individual country-level analysis. Regardless of development status, leading seafood exporters generally experienced a positive HACCP effect, while most other smaller trading partners faced a negative effect. |
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| Keywords: | developed and developing countries food standards international trade |
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