QUANTIFYING THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ON FIRMS' FOOD SAFETY RESPONSIVENESS: THE CASE OF RED MEAT AND POULTRY PROCESSING SECTOR IN CANADA

Jayasinghe-Mudalige, Udith K. and Spencer Henson

No 20419, 2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: This study assesses quantitatively the economic incentives for firms to adopt food safety controls and the potential impact of a number of firm and market-specific characteristics on this behavior, focusing on the red meat and poultry-processing sector in Canada.

Keywords: food safety controls; economic incentives; adoption; food processing sectors in Canada; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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