Choice and Efficiency in Food Safety PolicyAmerican Enterprise Institute, 1995 - 109 sider Antle (agricultural economics, Montana St. U.) believes a 100% safe food supply is an unattainable goal, and he suggests that choices must be made between different dimensions of food safety (for instance between the regulation of pesticide use and the prevention of food-borne illness) and between a safer food supply and other uses of public and private resources. He examines the appropriate role of government in food safety, looks at what economic principles should guide regulation in this area, and details the changes that should be made in federal policies. May be useful for policymakers and analysts and for those studying agricultural economics. |
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BACKGROUND | 11 |
THE MARKET FOR FOOD SAFETY | 37 |
PRINCIPLES AND TOOLS FOR EFFICIENT FOOD | 56 |
TOWARD REGULATORY REFORM | 79 |
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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS | 101 |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR | 109 |
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