Food Safety and Quality in International Trade: The Role of Codex Alimentarius

Michele Veeman and R. MacKay White
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Michele Veeman: Department of Rural Economy, University of Alberta
R. MacKay White: Department of Rural Economy, University of Alberta

No 1091, Information Bulletins from Western Centre for Economic Research

Abstract: Agricultural biotechnology has become an issue of much debate in recent years. The establishment of standards for foods derived from biotechnology has become a Codex issue since the commercialization of geetically modified crops in the mid-1990s. One question of interest is whether the Codex is effective and efficient in achieving its purpose of developing consensus-based standards of safety and quality for food. The objective of this paper is to assess this question, particularly in regards to biotechnological applications to foods.

Keywords: Food industry and trade—Standards; Genetically modified foods—Standards (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 2006-04
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