IRAC-sponsored
Public Conference:
Risk Assessment, Economic
Analysis, and Foodborne Illness Regulations Conference |
November 16,
2007
Waugh Auditorium
Economic Research Service, USDA
1800 M Street NW
(near DuPont Circle)
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While risk analysis traditionally separates risk assessment
from benefit/cost analysis, incorporating economics
into risk assessments can improve the selection of viable
pathogen control options for policymakers in the public
and private sectors. This conference explores how
economists can make greater contributions to risk assessments,
including new methods of valuing the public health protection
benefits of pathogen control in the food supply-chain.
The objectives of the meeting are:
- To introduce the concept
of integrating risk assessment and benefit/cost analysis
- Using
this integration, to look at recent advances in valuation
for food risks
- To examine economic
incentives in the public and private sectors and how
they contribute to safer food
- To hear what policymakers
and risk analysts in the public and private sectors
think about economic incentives and the new economic
valuation methodologies
The target audience is the research community,
public and private policymakers, and the general public.
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