Food safety as a global public good

Laurian Unnevehr

Agricultural Economics, 2007, vol. 37, issue s1, 149-158

Abstract: Globalization of the food system increases the shared risks from food safety, making it a global public good. Globally shared food safety risks include microbial pathogens, pesticide residues, or mycotoxins. Food safety is addressed as a global public good through improved private sector information, institutional innovations such as the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards Agreement under the World Trade Organization, and trade capacity building to improve food safety in developing country exports. Although meeting standards for high‐income consumers motivates trade facilitation, there could be large positive spillovers for developing country consumers from such investments.

Date: 2007
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