Interplay of Regulation and Marketing Incentives in Providing Food Safety

Download or read book Interplay of Regulation and Marketing Incentives in Providing Food Safety written by Michael Ollinger and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current level of food safety found in U.S. meat and poultry food products is a result of process and performance regulations and management-determined actions (MDA) brought about by market incentives. Processing regulations (PR) include sanitation and other tasks related to food safety; MDA include capital investment and other actions independent of process regulations, but possibly driven by performance standards. This study used the share of samples testing positive for Salmonella spp. as a measure of food safety process control in meat and poultry processing plants and found that MDA account for 2/3 of the reduction in samples testing positive for Salmonella spp., while PR account for 1/3 of the reduction. Charts and tables.