Small is beautiful: firm size, prevention and food safety

被引:14
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作者
Rouviere, Elodie [1 ]
机构
[1] AgroParisTech, Geau, F-34000 Montpellier, France
关键词
Prevention; Firm size; Food safety; SUPPLY CHAINS; QUALITY; INCENTIVES; HAZARD; HACCP; TRACEABILITY; INSPECTION; PRODUCERS; LIABILITY; INDUSTRY;
D O I
10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.06.006
中图分类号
F3 [农业经济];
学科分类号
0202 ; 020205 ; 1203 ;
摘要
Food safety crises have led governments to increase food firms' responsibility by asking them to voluntarily implement prevention efforts. In this article, we explore the relationship between food firms' size and their level of prevention efforts. We show that when cross-contamination between units is unlikely, small firms undertake greater prevention efforts than large firms. But when cross-contamination between units is possible, the effort-size curve is an inverted U-shape. Using these results, we discuss food safety laws in Europe and in the US, which differ in how they deal with the size of food firms' operations. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:12 / 22
页数:11
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