Private incentives for adopting food safety and quality assurance

Erin Holleran; Maury E. Bredahl; Lokman Zaibet

doi:10.1016/S0306-9192(99)00071-8

Private incentives for adopting food safety and quality assurance

Erin Holleran^*, Maury E. Bredahl, Lokman Zaibet

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Abstract

The competitiveness of food companies in national and international markets depends upon their ability to adopt production processes which meet food safety and quality requirements. Food safety and quality assurance affect the cost of carrying out transactions, and therein lies the private incentive for adopting voluntary quality assurance systems. While quality assurance systems have the potential to reduce transaction costs by serving as the seller's guarantee of safety or quality, they may also serve as trade barriers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	669-683
Number of pages	15
Journal	Food Policy
Volume	24
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0306-9192(99)00071-8
Publication status	Published - Dec 1999

Keywords

Food safety
ISO 9000
Quality system
Trade barriers
Transaction costs

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Food Science
Development
Sociology and Political Science
Economics and Econometrics
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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