The economic impact of the Food and Drug Administration’s Final Juice HACCP Rule

Travis Minor and Matt Parrett

Food Policy, 2017, vol. 68, issue C, 206-213

Abstract: Using 1998–2008 data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on foodborne illnesses and outbreaks, we examine the economic impact of the Food and Drug Administration’s final rule titled “Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP); Procedures for the Safe and Sanitary Processing and Importing of Juice” (the Final Juice Rule). Using a difference-in-differences approach, we find that the rule led to an annual reduction of between 462 and 508 foodborne illnesses associated with juice-bearing products. Furthermore, our reevaluated estimate of the rule’s benefits compares favorably to its estimated cost.

Keywords: Foodborne illness; Juice; Regulation; HACCP (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.02.008

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