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John M. Antle - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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no such thing as a free safe lunch the cost of food Safety Regulation in the meat industry
2000Co-Authors: John M. AntleAbstract:This study develops theoretical and econometric cost function models for the meat industry to test the hypothesis of Safety exogeneity, i.e., that product Safety does not affect productive efficiency. Using plant-level data from the Census of Manufactures, this hypothesis is rejected. Estimates of the impacts of food Safety Regulation on variable cost of production in the beef, pork, and poultry industries show that the efficiency costs of food Safety Regulations could plausibly exceed benefits estimated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Costs of Regulation per pound of meat are found to be size neutral for all but the smallest plants.
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no such thing as a free safe lunch the cost of food Safety Regulation in the meat industry
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2000Co-Authors: John M. AntleAbstract:This study develops theoretical and econometric cost function models for the meat industry to test the hypothesis of Safety exogeneity, i.e., that product Safety does not affect productive efficiency. Using plant-level data from the Census of Manufactures, this hypothesis is rejected. Estimates of the impacts of food Safety Regulation on variable cost of production in the beef, pork, and poultry industries show that the efficiency costs of food Safety Regulations could plausibly exceed benefits estimated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Costs of Regulation per pound of meat are found to be size neutral for all but the smallest plants. Copyright 2000, Oxford University Press.
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Benefits and costs of food Safety Regulation
Food Policy, 1999Co-Authors: John M. AntleAbstract:This paper begins with a review of the concepts and methods that can be used to quantify the benefits and costs of food Safety Regulations. On the cost side, where research is only beginning to emerge, this paper also provides an analytical framework for measurement of the costs of statutory Regulations in the form of design and performance standards. This paper also discusses the use and limitations of currently available benefit and cost information for quantitative regulatory impact assessment, using the assessment of the mandatory HACCP and pathogen reduction Regulations in the United States as an example. The paper concludes with suggestions for future research on quantifying benefits and costs of food Safety Regulations.
Paul R Schulman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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rethinking risk assessment for public utility Safety Regulation
Risk Analysis, 2019Co-Authors: Carl Danner, Paul R SchulmanAbstract:To aid in their Safety oversight of large-scale, potentially dangerous energy and water infrastructure and transportation systems, public utility regulatory agencies increasingly seek to use formal risk assessment models. Yet some of the approaches to risk assessment used by utilities and their regulators may be less useful for this purpose than is supposed. These approaches often do not reflect the current state of the art in risk assessment strategy and methodology. This essay explores why utilities and regulatory agencies might embrace risk assessment techniques that do not sufficiently assess organizational and managerial factors as drivers of risk, nor that adequately represent important uncertainties surrounding risk calculations. Further, it describes why, in the special legal, political, and administrative world of the typical public utility regulator, strategies to identify and mitigate formally specified risks might actually diverge from the regulatory promotion of "Safety." Some improvements are suggested that can be made in risk assessment approaches to support more fully the Safety oversight objectives of public regulatory agencies, with examples from "high-reliability organizations" (HROs) that have successfully merged the management of Safety with the management of risk. Finally, given the limitations of their current risk assessments and the lessons from HROs, four specific assurances are suggested that regulatory agencies should seek for themselves and the public as objectives in their Safety oversight of public utilities.
Paul Verbruggen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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understanding complex governance relationships in food Safety Regulation the rit model as a theoretical lens
Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2017Co-Authors: T Havinga, Paul VerbruggenAbstract:In this article, we discuss the value of the RIT model for analyzing complex governance relationships in the Regulation of food Safety. By exploring food Safety regimes involving the European Union and the Global Food Safety Initiative, we highlight the diverse and complex relationships between the actors in public, private, and hybrid regimes of food Safety Regulation. We extend the basic RIT model to better fit the reality of (hybrid) governance relationships in the modern Regulation of food Safety, arguing that the model enables disaggregation of these regimes into analytical subunits or “regulatory chains,” in which each actor contributes to and affects the regulatory process. Finally, we critically assess what the RIT model adds to alternative theoretical approaches in identifying, mapping, and explaining the different roles that actors play vis-a-vis others in regulatory regimes.
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understanding complex governance relationships in food Safety Regulation the rit model as a theoretical lens
2017Co-Authors: T Havinga, Paul VerbruggenAbstract:In this article we discuss the value of the RIT model for analyzing complex governance relationships in the Regulation of food Safety. The RIT model is about the analysis of regulatory interactions among actors beyond the dichotomy of regulators and targets (Abbott, Levi-Faur, and Snidal 2017). We examine the current landscape of food Safety Regulation through the lens of this model, addressing the question of what the model has to offer to the analysis of regulatory governance in that field. By exploring food Safety regimes involving the European Union and the Global Food Safety Initiative, we highlight the diverse and complex relationships among the actors in public, private, and hybrid regimes of food Safety Regulation. We extend the basic RIT model to better fit the reality of (hybrid) governance relationships in the modern Regulation of food Safety, arguing that the model enables disaggregation of these regimes into analytical subunits or “regulatory chains,” in which each actor contributes to and affects the regulatory process. Finally, we critically assess what the RIT model adds to alternative theoretical approaches in identifying, mapping, and explaining the different roles actors play vis-a-vis others in regulatory regimes.
Spencer Henson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Food Safety Regulation: An overview of contemporary issues
Food Policy, 1999Co-Authors: Spencer Henson, Julie CaswellAbstract:This article discusses a number of issues that are influencing the evolution of food Safety Regulation in developed and, to a lesser extent, developing countries. Whilst not definitive, it aims to highlight those factors which are considered crucial to an understanding of contemporary food Safety controls in both the public and private spheres. These issues include criteria applied to assess the need/justification for food Safety Regulation, relationships between public and private food Safety control systems, alternative forms that public food Safety Regulation can take, strategic responses to food Safety Regulation, and the trade implications of national food Safety controls. The article serves as an introduction to these issues, which are discussed at greater length in the other papers that make up this special issue of Food Policy.
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Food Safety Regulation and the firm: understanding the compliance process
Food Policy, 1998Co-Authors: Spencer Henson, Michael HeasmanAbstract:Abstract An understanding of the process by which businesses comply with legal requirements is an essential, although frequently ignored, aspect of food Safety Regulation. The process of compliance is investigated through a postal survey and in-depth interviews with technical directors in a cross-section of food manufacturers and retailers in the UK. Although there are differences in the specific manner in which individual businesses comply with food Safety Regulations, it is evident that firms follow a common sequence of activities when deciding whether to comply with a new Regulation, the stage at which compliance is implemented, and the specific changes made in order to achieve compliance. It is argued that the promulgation of efficient and effective food Safety Regulations requires an understanding of the compliance process.
Wang Er-peng - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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An Analysis Framework for the Food Safety Regulation System of China
Journal of Nanjing Agricultural University, 2012Co-Authors: Wang Er-pengAbstract:Such problems as absence of food Safety Regulation,non-standardization and inefficient Regulation have hindered the improvement of the Regulation effectiveness.The thesis analyzes the framework of the food Safety Regulation system of China and the problems in it,based on the research in the status-quo of food Safety in China and the related theories.Thus from the perspective of an innovative food Safety Regulation system,it proposes policy suggestions to improve the effectiveness of food Safety Regulation in China.
