The Economic Forces Driving Food Safety Quality in Meat and Poultry

Michael Ollinger and Danna L. Moore

Review of Agricultural Economics, 2008, vol. 30, issue 2, pages 289-310

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. Copyright 2008 American Agricultural Economics Association

Date: 2008

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