Making Sense of Recent Cost-of-Foodborne-Illness Estimates

Sandra Hoffmann and Tobenna D. Anekwe

No 262123, Economic Information Bulletin from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Three recent studies provide cost-of-foodborne-illness estimates ranging from $14.1 billion to $152 billion. This report shows that differences in these estimates are largely due to the number of diseases considered, the valuation methods used, and uncertainty about disease incidence estimates.

Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35
Date: 2013-09-01
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.262123

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