Food safety and international competitiveness : the case of beef / John Spriggs and Grant Isaac.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spriggs, John.

Contributor:

Isaac, Grant.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food adulteration and inspection.

Food industry and trade--Safety measures.

Food industry and trade.

Competition, International.

Beef industry--Safety measures.

Beef industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York, NY, USA : CABI Pub., c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Food safety is one of the most important issues confronting consumers, producers and distributors. This book focuses on the specific example of food safety in the beef industry in the USA, Canada, the UK and Australia, and includes implications for competitiveness and world trade.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: I. Inlroduction

Whose Role is it Anyway?

I ns il u tional Arrangements for Food Safety

Objectives of the Study

2. Ilnernational Institutional Arrangements

International Drivers

International Institutional Arrangements

Analysis of International Institutional Arrangements

The United States of America

Introduction

Drivers for Change

Institutional Arrangements

Implications of these Developments

4. Canada

Instilutional Arrangements

5. Thee United Kingdom

Drivcrs for Change

Implications of these Developments s

6. Australia

7. Towards an Optimal Food Safety System

Strengthening the Drivers for Change

Strengthening the Food Safety Meta-rules

Improving the Institutional Arrangements for Food Safety

Conclusions

8. How are they Doing?

Harnessing the Drivers of Change

Choosing the Right Meta-rules

Developing the Institutional Arrangements

Conclusion

9. Epilogue

Bibliography/References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-189) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-82911-7

9786610829118

0-85199-858-5

OCLC:

476055773