| Objective of this study was to assess health economic benefits of published standard of aflatoxin residue in peanut by measuring the cost of illness. Data were carried out from the total number of 99 producers and 100 consumers in the Northeast and the North of Thailand. The results showed that 3.8 persons in 100,000 persons would be at the risk of liver cancer due to consumption of contaminated peanut. The benefit gain of 1,793 to 2,658 million baht per year was estimated in case of the enforcement of new standard. However, other benefits of all stakeholders along supply chain of peanut must be considered for implementation of the policy. The fair comparison of benefits and costs of policy implementation of aflatoxin residue standard must also be taken... |
