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Regulations for safety of animal source foods in selected Sub-Saharan African countries: Current statu and their implicationss

Jabbar, Mohammad A.; Grace, Delia - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), … - 2012

In order to understand the current of safety standards and problems for animal source foods, a study was conducted in six sub-Saharan African countries - Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa and Tanzania. The objective was to review food safety policy and regulations and their...

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Using Linked Household-level Datasets to Explain Consumer Response to BSE in Canada

Wang, Xin; Maynard, Leigh J.; Butler, J.S. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

Household-level Canadian meat purchases from 2002-2008, household-level egg purchases from 2002-2005 and Food Opinion Survey in 2008 were used to understand how consumers who have different concerns about nutrition react to BSE events and how beef consumption after BSE discoveries were shaped by...

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Consumer confidence in Food Safety and the 2010 egg recall

Pouliot, Sebastien - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012

Iowa egg producers recalled nearly 500 million eggs in August 2010. The typical effect of a recall is to cause a decline in the demand for the affected product, yielding a decrease in the price. In the case of August 2010 egg recall, the price of eggs increased in the following weeks. This essay...

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Marketing Agreement, Food Safety and Contract Design

Liang, Jing; Jensen, Helen H. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2008

of produce. In response, the industry has adopted marketing agreements to ensure consistency of product safety. Contracts …-agent model to examine how the inclusion of a marketing agreement influences the behavior of growers and processors under … under the contract with a marketing agreement (2) contract parameters change in similar manner under the two contracts (3 …

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Phase Space Reconstruction and Nonlinear Equilibrium Dynamics in the United States Beef Market

McCullough, Michael; Marsh, Thomas L.; Huffaker, Ray G. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2007

This paper investigates dynamic interactions in the US beef market using phase space reconstruction, which has been developed to analyze nonlinear dynamical systems. This approach provides important and unique empirical insights into consumers behavior in the beef market. Our results from a...

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Consumer Preferences for U.S. Pork in Urban China

Ortega, David L.; Wang, H. Holly; Wu, Laping - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009

China’s transition into a developed economy is driving changes in consumer preferences and demand for foods. To evaluate consumer preferences for U.S. pork in urban China, primary data were collected in two metropolitan areas- Beijing and Shanghai. Estimated logit models revealed that an...

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