Traceability in the U.S. Food Supply: Economic Theory and Industry Studies
By Elise Golan, Barry Krissoff, Fred Kuchler, Kenneth Nelson, and Gregory Price
Agricultural Economic Report No. (AER830) 56 pp,
March 2004
This investigation into the traceability baseline in the United States finds that private sector food firms have developed a substantial capacity to trace.
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Keywords: traceability, traceback, tracking, recall, tracing, supply-side management, food safety, product differentiation, ERS, USDA
In this report ... Chapters are
in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
- Abstract, Acknowledgments, Contents, 43 kb
- Summary, 39 kb
- Introduction and Methodology, 44 kb
- Efficient Traceability Systems Vary, 95 kb
- Industry Studies: Private-Sector Traceability Systems Balance
Private Costs and Benefits, 137 kb
- Market Failure in the Supply of Traceability: Industry and Government Response, 59 kb
- Conclusion, 39 kb
- References, 45 kb
Updated date: March 18, 2004
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