Governance Reform of German food safety regulation: Cosmetic or real?

Bodo Steiner

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: Discussion of institutional changes made by the German government in response to the emergence of the first cases of BSE in Germany in 2000. Due to the establishment of a large-scale private sector quality assurance scheme, regulation moved away from publicly mandated food safety regulations toward industry-led initiatives (so-called QS system). The paper discusses whether changes in regulation, administration, and liability standards have improved the effectiveness and the allocative efficiency of German food safety regulation.

Keywords: standards; contested governance; quality assurance; liability; food safety regulation; QS system; regulation; Germany (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K2 L6 Q18 R5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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Published in European Food Safety Regulation: The Challenge of Multi-Level Governance (2006): pp. 181-210

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