Mykotoxine [„Schimmelpilzgifte“] sind Stoffwechselprodukte bestimmter Pilze. Der Konsum Mykotoxin-belasteter Lebensmittel kann insbesondere für Risikogruppen unter den Verbrauchern ein Gesundheitsrisiko darstellen. Wichtige Mykotoxin-Bildner finden sich in der Pilzgattung Fusarium, als...

The food scandals and foodborne disease outbreaks in recent years have increased the demand for food safety and have led policy makers once more to tighten the safety regulations in the food supply chain. Obviously, an adequate balance between the costs of foodborne diseases and the costs and...

Consumers are often uncertain about product quality and have to rely on different information, either given or pursued, to assess quality. Developing countries may lack institutional and technical resources to rigorously monitor and enforce product quality standards and/or to implement...

I develop a simple dynamic model of reputation-based transactions between a buyer in one country and a supplier in another. I use the model to study the impact of a more stringent regulation on the buyer optimal purchase volume within an existing buyer-seller partnership. A more stringent...

The purpose of this article is to analyse the connexion between rationality and emotion in shaping purchasing behaviour and the way in which some external stimuli such as expert advice or advertising influence them. These external stimuli may be used to manipulate consumerism and purchasing...

In this paper, the impact of food safety concerns on Iran’s pistachio export demand was investigated. Panel data and panel cointegration analyses were used to estimate the export demand function of Iran’s pistachio nuts to the European Union (EU), Japan, and Australia for the period of 1997...

In this paper, the impact of food safety concerns on Iran’s pistachio export demand was investigated. Panel data and panel cointegration analyses were used to estimate the export demand function of Iran’s pistachio nuts to the European Union (EU), Japan, and Australia for the...

Die Beschwerdeführer auf Lebensmittelklarheit spiegeln ein schwer nachvollziehbares Verbraucherverhalten wider: Führt ein niedriger Involvementgrad bei Lebensmitteln zu einer verminderten Wahrnehmung von Produktinformationen und einer damit verbundenen Einsparung der knappen Ressource Zeit,...

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