VALCESCHINI , Egizio

In response to sanitary crisis, risk management has become a central issue for food producers and distributors in Europe. Organisational responses to sanitary risks usually implying traceability have been conceived by firms. One of the main tasks here is to deal with coordination of the different operators of a food chain. The European Union...

Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) aims at estimating a monetary value for environmental or public health degradation. In a regulatory context, it should be seen as a complementary tool to risk assessment to aid public decision-making. CBA should therefore be particularly relevant in the governance of modern biotechnology. Genetically modified...

Risk management has become a central issue in sanitary crises. Agro food firms have devised organizational responses to sanitary risks, usually implying better traceability. European Regulation 178/2002 established mandatory traceability. This paper provides a critical appraisal of the European Regulation on traceability. The analysis...

Together with expected implications on food safety, the European Regulation 178/2002 has important consequences shaping the agrifood sector. This regulation gives latitude to operators in front of specific food safety objectives and promotes self control. Private standards are a way of addressing this problem. The paper shows that as soon as...