SABIIA - Sistema Aberto e Integrado de Informação em Agricultura (Sabiia)

The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010 is new legislation that mandates, among other things, new food safety standards. The act includes a clause that exempts small firms from new regulatory requirements. This paper investigates the effects of a small firm exemption from more stringent food safety standards. The model compares food safety, total output and the number of market participants for different food safety regulation with and without an exemption for small firms. The numerical examples show that a more stringent food safety regulation increases food safety, increases the price of food, decreases the total output and decreases the number of firms. A new food safety standard with an exemption for small firms increases the average food safety...

Welfare Effects of Mandatory Traceability When Firms are Heterogeneous

Palavras-chave: Food safety; Heterogeneous firms; Regulation; Regulatory exemption; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D21; M31; Q10; Q18.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103885

We develop a framework in which the cost of producing a quantity food and the cost of food safety differs across firms. We show that large firms may supply the safest food even though small firms have a cost advantage in producing safe food. The model shows that mandatory traceability can decrease the overall safety of food when small firms that supply the safest food exit the industry. Our model applies to food safety but can be applied to a wide range of issues related to regulation and product quality.

Traceability, Liability and Incentives for Food Safety and Quality

Palavras-chave: Food safety; Quality; Traceability; Regulation; Industrial Organization; Marketing; Production Economics; D21; L11; L15; Q10.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61017

Pouliot, Sebastien; Sumner, Daniel A..

In this paper we focus specifically on the implications for additional traceability in the context of liability for food safety problems. We model formally the linkage between traceability and food safety and establish the implications of an increase in traceability-liability for food safety and related economic outcomes. The capacity to trace the origin of food increases the possibility of legal remedy and compensation in case of food safety event. Traceability also allows parties to more easily document that they are not responsible for harm. Therefore, traceability systems create incentives for firms to supply safer food.

Estimating the Costs and Benefits of Cattle Traceability: the Case of the Quebec Cattle Traceability System

Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21121

Animal identification and animal traceability have lept to the front of the food policy agenda. The ongoing implementation of the National Animal Identification System in United States has raised concerns over the costs and benefits of implementing and maintaining such a system. In this paper, we lay the foundations for estimating the costs and benefits of implementing cattle traceability in Québec. Our results could eventually be used to estimate the costs and benefits of adopting a similar system in the United States.

The Beginning Farmers’ Problem In Canada

Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6522

Institutionalized Metzler Effects: Tariff-Rate Quota Liberalization in a Supply-Managed Industry

Concerns about beginning farmers in Canada derive from trends in data that show that the population of farmers and the number of young farmers are declining. This paper discusses and analyses issues regarding the constraints and opportunities beginning farmers in Canada face. The discussion covers whether issues peculiar to beginning farmers are, from an economic policy point of view, a source of concern and whether there are motives for government intervention. The main conclusions are 1) the decline in the number of farms in Canada responds to economic forces, 2) the price of fixed assets constitutes the main barrier to entry and 3) government support to entry in agriculture would have a negligible effect on the number of farms and the entry of new farms.

Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper

Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Barriers to Entry; Beginning Farmers; Fixed Assets; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q10; Q12; Q18.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118019