Assessing the potential impact of strengthening food safety regulations on developing countries: The US Food Safety and Modernization Act

This paper’s goal is to assess the extent to which producers in Developing Countries have coped stricter US food safety regulations. We approach the question by calculating refusals/imports ratios and their trends for a sample of Developing Countries. We conclude there is a learning process in low value added products.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Mosquera, Mauricio ; Evans, Edward A. ; Walters, Lurleen M. ; Spreen, Thomas H.
Institutions:	Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA
Subject:	food safety \| traceability \| value chain analysis \| trade \| Latin America and the Caribbean \| Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety \| International Development \| International Relations/Trade

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	2012 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2012, Birmingham, Alabama.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series 2012 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2012, Birmingham, Alabama Number 119711
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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