Economic Evaluation of Action Plans for Pathogen Control in Almonds

The Almond Board of California proposed to require that all almonds shipped from California handlers be treated to achieve a 4-log reduction in the pathogen that leads to salmonellosis. The Assurance program is expected to add several million dollars to transactions costs in the almond marketing system. There is a wide range in these cost estimates, mainly because of the difficulty in predicting how many firms will be interested in applying for the program.

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Year of publication:	2007-02
Authors:	Salin, Victoria ; Jones, Eluned ; Williams, Gary W.
Institutions:	Agricultural and Food Policy Center (AFPC), Department of Agricultural Economics
Subject:	Almond \| Pathogen \| Pathogen Control \| Crop Production/Industries \| Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Reports.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series Agribusiness, Food, and Consumer Economics Research Center>Reports Number 90499
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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