Traceability, Liability and Incentives for Food Safety and Quality

dc.creatorPouliot, Sebastien
dc.creatorSumner, Daniel A.
dc.date2017-04-01T14:05:11Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-09T03:34:15Z
dc.descriptionIn this paper we focus specifically on the implications for additional traceability in the context of liability for food safety problems. We model formally the linkage between traceability and food safety and establish the implications of an increase in traceability-liability for food safety and related economic outcomes. The capacity to trace the origin of food increases the possibility of legal remedy and compensation in case of food safety event. Traceability also allows parties to more easily document that they are not responsible for harm. Therefore, traceability systems create incentives for firms to supply safer food.
dc.identifierdoi:10.22004/ag.econ.21121
dc.identifierhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/21121/files/sp06su08.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/21121
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/535416
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher
dc.sourcehttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/21121
dc.titleTraceability, Liability and Incentives for Food Safety and Quality
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