Source: USDA/ERS submitted to NRP
FOOD SAFETY - CONSUMERS
Sponsoring Institution
Economic Research Service/USDA
Project Status
ACTIVE
Funding Source
USDA INHOUSE
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0433779
Grant No.
(N/A)
Cumulative Award Amt.
(N/A)
Proposal No.
(N/A)
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Project Start Date
Oct 1, 2008
Project End Date
Sep 30, 2025
Grant Year
(N/A)
Program Code
[(N/A)]- (N/A)
Recipient Organization
USDA/ERS
1800 M STREET NW
WASHINGTON,DC 20036
Performing Department
Economic Research Service
Non Technical Summary
ERS researchers study how consumers react to food safety incidents, both domestically and globally, such as outbreaks and recalls. Additionally, ERS is a national leader in providing the costs of illness for select foodborne pathogens.
Animal Health Component
100%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
0%
Applied
100%
Developmental
(N/A)
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
60161103010100%
Knowledge Area
601 - Economics of Agricultural Production and Farm Management;

Subject Of Investigation
6110 - Economy of the United States and sectors thereof;

Field Of Science
3010 - Economics;
Goals / Objectives
Foodborne illnesses are caused by ingesting bacteria, fungi, parasites, viruses, toxins, or other harmful substances in contaminated food. ERS analyzes consumer responses to food safety incidents, both domestically and globally. For example, ERS research adds to the knowledge base about consumer behavior and how food choices change when consumers are warned to temporarily avoid particular foods. In addition to warnings about the domestic food supply, highly publicized domestic or international food safety incidents may change consumer perceptions about food safety and their food purchasing patterns. Some consumers avoid purchasing foods they perceive as unsafe; even after a safety problem with a particular food has been resolved, consumer perceptions about the implicated food product and about the ability of the supplier or exporting country to produce safe food may be slow to change. It is important to know how consumers are likely to react to news about foodborne disease outbreaks and recalls. Public health and safety officials might need to find new ways of communicating with consumers if consumers fail to avoid a food when urged to do so. - Is the reaction likely to be out of proportion to the remaining risk? ERS research has found that consumers are more likely to avoid foods identified in outbreaks and recalls when risks are relatively large than when risks are small. - Is the reaction likely to be targeted at the firm that was the cause of the outbreak, or will firms that were blameless also experience reduced demand for their products? If consumers only avoided foods from firms identified as the cause of compromised food safety, reduced demand would be a strong financial incentive for all food suppliers to be vigilant about safety. ERS research has shown that consumers' generally follow recommendations to avoid particular commodities (particular leafy greens, particular varieties of tomatoes), knowing that other foods are safe. But, consumers have not differentiated between ground beef suppliers. - Retail data often shows that quantities purchased of foods identified in recalls and outbreaks falls for a while. Is that a response by consumers or by retailers who fear liability from harming consumers? ERS research has shown that sometimes retailers' response dominates the consumers' reaction to news. Additionally, ERS is a national leader in providing the costs of illness for select foodborne pathogens. Information on the costs of foodborne illness can help policymakers rank risks, focus policy, and prioritize spending.
Project Methods
The food safety consumer program undertakes the following types of activities: - Data and monitoring: Measuring, estimating, and publishing official statistics on a variety of food safety indicators, such as the costs of foodborne illness in the United States for select pathogens - Descriptive analysis and synthesis: Explaining and reporting findings in plain language - Economic modeling and econometric analysis: Conducting rigorous peer-reviewed studies on policy-relevant issues - Extramural research: Sponsoring and collaborating with the academic community to conduct food safety research to leverage mutual strengths and build capacity in areas of interest to the USDA

Progress 01/01/01 to 09/30/16

Outputs
This project anticipates trends and emerging issues by conducting high-quality, objective economic research as part of the USDA ERS mission to inform and enhance public and private decision making on economic and policy issues related to food, farming, natural resources and rural America. Findings and impacts are represented through a variety of outputs including reports, journal articles, briefings, and conference presentations. ERS shapes its research program and products to serve those who routinely make or influence public policy and program decisions. Key clientele include White House and USDA policy officials; the U.S. Congress; program administrators/managers; other Federal agencies; State and local government officials; and organizations, including farm and industry groups interested in public policy issues. Current listings of ERS published reports and data products, and journal articles by ERS researchers, can be found at www.ers.usda.gov

Impacts
(N/A)

Publications

  • Ollinger, M., Chandran, R., Moore, D., "Survey Finds...Market Incentives Raise Food Safety above Regulatory Requirements", Amber Waves, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, pp.
  • Ollinger, M., Chandran, R., Moore, Danna, Plant Food Safety Investments: Findings from the First National Survey of Meat and Poultry Plants, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, pp.
  • Ollinger, M., Danna Moore, 2006, "Approaches to Examining HACCP Costs and Food Safety Performance and Technologies.", Agribusiness, 68(2), pp. 211-228
  • Ollinger, M., Chandran, R., Moore, D., Food Safety Investments: Findings from the first national survey of meat and poultry plants, Agricultural Economic Report, AER-, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, pp.
  • Ollinger, M., Danna Moore, The Economic Forces Driving Food Safety in Meat and Poultry, Economic Research Report, U.S. Department of Agriculture, pp.
  • Ollinger, M., Moore, D., "Approaches to Examining HACCP costs and Food Safety Performance and Costs", Agribusiness, pp.
  • Ollinger, M., Moore, D., "Approaches to Examining HACCP Costs and Food Safety Performance and Technologies", presented at Economic Measures of Interventions, Amherst, MA, December 2, 2004. pp.
  • Ollinger, M., Moore, Danna, "Market Forces, Plant Technology, and the Food Safety Technology Use.", AAEA annual meeting, Portland, Oregon, July 29, 2007.
  • Ollinger, M., Nguyen, Sang, "Empirical Evidence for the Motives for Mergers in Eight Food Industries", selected paper presentation at the AAEA Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 28, 2003. pp.
  • Ollinger, M., Sang Nguyen, "Empirical Evidence on the Motives for Mergers and Acquisitions in Eight Food Industries", presented to American Ag. Economic Association Meetings, Montreal, Canada, July 27, 2003. pp.
  • Ollinger, M., The Impact of Market Mechanisms and HACCP Regulation on Food Safety Quality, Economic Research Report, U.S. Department of Agriculture, pp.
  • Ollinger, M., Valerie Mueller, 2003, Managing for Safer Food: The Economics of Sanitation and Process Controls in Meat and Poultry Slaughter and Processing, Agricultural Economic Report, AER-817, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, April, 66 pp.
  • Ollinger, Michale, John Bovay, Megan Hrdlicka, and James Wilkus, "The value of public disclosure of Salmonella test results in encouraging better food safety in the chicken slaughter industry", AAEA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, pp.
  • P. D. Frenzen, 2008, "Economic Cost of Guillain-Barre Syndrome in the United States", Neurology, 71, pp. 14-20
  • P.D. Frenzen, The economic value of a life, Miscellaneous Publication, U.S. Department of Agriculture, pp.
  • P.D.Frenzen, 2007, An Online Cost Calculator for Estimating the Economic Cost of Illness Due to Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli (STEC) O157 Infections, Economic Information Bulletin, EIB-28, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, September, 8 pp.
  • Page, E., "Food Safety and the Demand for Leafy Greens", pp.
  • Page, E., "Food Safety and the Demand for Leafy Greens", San Francisco, CA, pp.
  • Paul D. Frenzen, "A Web-Based Tool for Calculating the Cost of Illness Due to O157 STEC Infections", U.S. Department of Agriculture, pp.
  • Paul D. Frenzen, "How many deaths are due to unknown foodborne agents?", U.S. Department of Agriculture, pp.
  • Paul D. Frenzen, 2004, "Deaths due to unknown foodborne agents", Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol. 10, No. 9, pp. 1536-1543
  • Peyton Ferrier, Jean Buzby, "The Economic Efficiency of Sampling Sizes: The Case of Beef Trim", Speech to FSIS Workshop, Washington DC, pp.
  • Ralston, K., "Consumer Concerns", U.S. Department of Agriculture, http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/ConsumerFoodSafety/consumerconcerns/,
  • Ralston, K., "Consumption and Risk", U.S. Department of Agriculture,
  • Ralston, K., "Information sources", U.S. Department of Agriculture,
  • Ralston, K., "Modeling behavior change", U.S. Department of Agriculture,
  • Ralston, K., C. Philip Brent, YoLanda Starke, Toija Riggins, C.-T. Jordan Lin, 2002, Consumer Food Safety Behavior: A Case Study of Hamburger Cooking and Ordering, Agricultural Economic Report, AER-804, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, May, 33 pp.
  • Ralston, K., C.-T. Jordan Lin (Food and Drug Administration), "Safe Handling Labels for Meat and Poultry: A Case Study in Information Policy", American Council of Consumer Interests, Washington, DC, pp.
  • Ralston, K., C.-T. Jordan Lin, Consumption of Raw Beef, Fish, and Eggs, July 1992-1995, U.S. Department of Agriculture, http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/consumerfoodsafety/data/rawfoods.xls,
  • Ralston, K., C.-T. Jordan Lin, FDA, C. Philip Brent, Consumption of rare and medium-rare hamburgers, 1996, U.S. Department of Agriculture, http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/consumerfoodsafety/data/hamburg.xls,
  • Ralston, K., Consumer Food Safety Behavior, U.S. Department of Agriculture, http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/ConsumerFoodSafety/,
  • Ralston, K., Hamburger Doneness and Consumer Preferences Data, U.S. Department of Agriculture, http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/hamburger/,
  • Ralston, K., James K. Hammitt, 2002, "QALYs vs. WTP", Risk Analysis, 22(5), pp. 985-1001
  • Ralston, K., Buzby, J., Frenzen, P., "Consumer demand for food safety", U.S. Department of Agriculture, http://ers.usda.gov/briefing/ConsumerFoodSafety/purchasing/,
  • Ralston, K., Kofi Adu-Nyado, Danny Kunda, Safe Handling Labels and Consumer Behavior in the Southern U.S., pp.
  • Ralston, K., Kofi Adu-Nyako, 1999, Determinants of Safe Handling Practices in the Southern Black Belt Region of the U.S., June, 50 pp.
  • Ralston, K., Kofi Adu-Nyako, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, "Preparation and Handling", U.S. Department of Agriculture, http://preview.ers.usda.gov/briefing/ConsumerFoodSafety/preparation/,
  • Ralston, K., Shiptsova, R., "Test for WARP and GARP Violations Using consumer Homescan Panel Data", presented at Society for Food distribution Research Annual Meeting, Morro Bay, CA, October 10, 2004. pp.
  • Ralston, K., YoLanda Stark (FAS), Toija Riggins (FDA), "Food Review", Food Review, Volume 23, Issue 2, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, pp. 44-50
  • Robert H. Beach and Chen Zhen, The Effects of Avian Influenza on Poultry Sales: An Analysis of Italian Scanner Data, U.S. Department of Agriculture, pp.
  • Roberts, T., "Annual Meetings of Society for Risk Analysis", Seattle, Washington, December 2, 2001. pp.
  • Roberts, T., "Economic Incentives for Food Safety Innovation in School Lunch", presented at International Association of Food Protection, Washington, DC, November 9, 2004. pp.
  • Roberts, T., "ERS Food Safety Research and Relevance to USDA Policies", presentation to agricultural economics department, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, March 26, 2004. pp.
  • Roberts, T., "Food Safety Economics", Presentation to Tennessee State University, April 10, 2002. pp.
  • Roberts, T., "How Government Information Increases Food Safety Incentives", AAEA annual meeting, Providence, RI, July 26, 2005. pp.
  • Roberts, T., "Joint FAO/WHO Expert Workshop on Risk Characterization for Foodborne Pathogens",
  • Roberts, T., "Preliminary WTP Estimates of the Societal Costs of U.S. Foodborne Illness v", principal paper presented to AAEA, Portlan, Oregon, pp.
  • Roberts, T., "Public and Private Sector Standards: Economic Incentives for Control of Foodborne Pathogens", FAO - Rome, March 15, 2005.
  • Roberts, T., "The Economic Costs of Long-term Sequellae of Selected Foodborne Pathogensr", invited paper presented to International Association for Food Protection, Orlando, Florida, pp.
  • Roberts, T., "U.S. Experience with HACCP in Beef Slaughter and Processing", Japanese health professionals, Shiga Animal Health and Hygiene Office, Shiga Veterinarian Association, Japan, June 22, 2001. pp.
  • Roberts, T., 2001, "Probabilistic Risk Assessment&Slaughterhouse Practices:Modelling Contamination Process Control in Beef Destined for Hamburger", Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/IndustryFoodSafety/pdfs/psa9.pdf, January.
  • Roberts, T., 2005, "Economics of Private Strategies to Control Foodborne Pathogens", Choices, Vol. 20, Issue 2, pp. 117-122
  • Roberts, T., 2005, "Overview: Economic Incentives, Public Policies and Private Strategies to Control Foodborne Pathogens", Choices, Vol. 20, Issue 2, pp. 95-96
  • Roberts, T., 2006, "Risk Assessment Models, Economic Analysis, and Food Safety Policy", The Economics of Infectious Disease, Jennifer A. Roberts (Eds.), Oxford University Press.
  • Roberts, T., 2007, "Chapter 12. The Economic Context", Epidemiology and Foodborne Illness, Tamar Lasky (Eds.), Oxford University Press.
  • Roberts, T., 2007, "WTP Estimates of the Societal Costs of U.S. Foodborne Illness", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 89(5), pp. 1183-1188
  • Roberts, T., Alwynelle Ahl, "Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management", public policy analysts and researchers, Washington, DC, November 1, 2001. pp.
  • Roberts, T., Buzby, J., Erik Lichtenberg, U. of Maryland, 2003, "Food Safety Handbook", Food Safety Handbook, RH Schmidt and GE Rodrick (Eds.), John Wiley and Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, New Jersey.
  • Roberts, T., C. Narrod, S. Malcolm, M. Modarres, 2001, "An Interdisciplinary Approach to Developing a Probabilistic Risk Analysis Model: Applications to a Beef Slaughterhouse", CRC Series in Contemporary Food Science: Interdisciplinary Food Safety Research, Neal Hooker and Elsa Murano (Eds.), CRC Press LLC: Boca Raton, FL.
  • Roberts, T., Dick Whiting, FDA; Peg Coleman, Clare Narrod, Mark Powell, Wayne Schlosser - all USDA, 2001, "Verocytotoxigenic E. coli", Verocytotoxigenic E. coli, Duffy, Garvey & McDowell (Eds.), Food & Nutrition Press, Inc..
  • Roberts, T., Ebel, E., Schlosser, W., Kause, J., Orloski, K., Narrod, C., Malcolm, S., Coleman, M., Powell, M., "Draft Risk Assessment of the Public Health Impact of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 in Ground Beef", Journal of Food Protection, Vol. 67, No. 9, pp.
  • Roberts, T., Ebel, E., Schlosser, W., Orloski, K., Kause, J. Narrod, C., Malcolm S., Coleman, M., and Powell, M., 2003, "A Risk Assessment of Escherichia Coli O157:H7 in Ground Beef", Microbial Food Safety in Animal Agriculture, Mary E. Torrence (Eds.), Iowa State Press.
  • Roberts, T., Elisabete Salay, "Food Safety Innovations: Lessons from Case Studies of Recent Innovations in the U.S. Beef Industry", presentation at AAEA Annual Meeting symposium, Long Beach, CA, July 29, 2002. pp.
  • Roberts, T., Elisabete Salay, Brazil, "Economic Incentives to Develop New Equipment: Beef Carcass Steam Pasteurizer", Presentation to USDA Economists Group, Washington, DC, November 21, 2002. pp.
  • Roberts, T., Elisabete Salay, Visiting Scholar ERS and State University of Campinas, Brazil, "Annual Meeting of Society for Risk Analysis", risk analysts and economists, Seattle, WA, December 3, 2001. pp.
  • Roberts, T., Frenzen, P., R. Raybourne (FDA), K. Williams (FDA), "Risk of Chronic Sequellae from Exposure to Foodborne Pathogens: The Case of Arthritis", Society for Risk Analysis, Arlington, VA,, December 5, 2001. pp.
  • Roberts, T., Kuchler, F., Tina Rouse (FDA), "Ranking Foodborne Risks", Society for Risk Analysis, Arlington, VA, December 5, 2000. pp.
  • Roberts, T., Laurian Unnevehr, U of Illinois, 2002, "Food Safety Incentives in a Changing World Food System", Journal of Food Control, Vol. 13, pp. 73-76
  • Roberts, T., Ollinger, M., Golan, E., "Innovations to Reduce Foodborne Pathogens", Amber Waves, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, pp.
  • Roberts, T., Ollinger, M., Malcolm, S.A., Narrod, C.A., 2004, "Evaluating the Economic Effectivenss of Pathogen Reduction Technologies in Cattle Slaughter Plants", Agribusiness, Vol. 20, Issue 1, pp. 109-123
  • Roberts, T., Ollinger, M., Scott Malcolm, Clare Narrod, 2004, "Evaluating the Economic Effectiveness of Pathogen Reduction Technologies in Cattle Slaughter Plants", Agribusiness: An International Journal, 20(1), pp. 109-123
  • Roberts, T., Ollinger, M., Scott Malcolm, Clare Narrod, 2004, "Evaluating the Economic Effectiveness of Pathogen Reduction Technologies in Cattle Slaughter Plants", Agribusiness: An International Journal, Vol. 20, Issue 1, pp. 109-123
  • Roberts, T., Richard Raybourne, Kristina Williams, Arthritis Working Group, 2003, "Food Poisoning/ Economic Implications", Encyclopedia of Food Science and Nutrition, 10-volume set, (eds)Caballero, B., L. Trugo, and P. Finglas (Eds.), Academic Press, Elsevier Science Ltd: London.
  • Roberts, T., Salay, E., Caswell, J., 2003, Survey Instrument for Case Studies of Food Safety Innovation, Miscellaneous Publication, Working Paper 2003-6, U.S. Department of Agriculture, June, 11 pp.
  • Roberts, T., USDA E. coli O157:H7 team members, "Microbial Food Safety in Animal Agriculture: Current Topics", Mary Torrence and Dick Isaacson (Eds.),
  • Roberts, T., USDA's E. coli O157:H7 in ground beef team, 2001, "Draft Risk Assessment of the Public Health Impact of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 in Ground Beef", Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/rdad/FRPubs/Docs_00-023N.htm, December.
  • Scallan, E., Jones, T., Frenzen, P., Cronquist, A., Thomas, S., McMillian, M., Hoefer, D., Ryan, P., Angulo, F., and the EIP FoodNet Working Group, "Clinical features associated with diagnostic stool tests, FoodNet Population Survey (2000-2003)", Poster presented at Infectious Diseases Society of America annual meeting, San Franciso, CA, October 5, 2005.
  • Shogren, Jason F., Stamland, Tommy, 2007, "Valuing Lives Saved from Safer Food--A Cautionary Tale Revisited", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 89/5, pp. 1170-1175
  • Taha, F., Hahn, W., 2011, "Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Impacts on Japan�s Import Demand for Shell eggs and processed egg-products", World�s Poultry Science Journal, Vol. 67, pp. 115-130
  • TF Jones, MB McMillian, E Scallan, PD Frenzen, AB Cronquist, S Thomas, FJ Angulo, 2007, "A Population-Based Estimate of the Substantial Burden of Diarrheal Disease in the United States: FoodNet, 1996-2003", Epidemiology and Infection, 135(2), pp. 293-301
  • Volpe, R., Park, T., Hennessy, D., Jensen, H., "Somatic Cell Counts in Dairy Marketing: Quantile Regression for Count Data", AAEA, Washington, DC, pp.
  • Volpe, R., Park, T., Jensen, Helen H., Dong, Fengxia, "Somatic Cell Counts in Dairy Marketing: Quantile Regression for Count Data", European Review of Agricultural Economics, pp.
  • Amy Hagerman, Kamina Johnson, and Peyton Ferrier, "Cattle Marketing and Food Safety", Livestock Marketing Information Center, Briefing Room Article,
  • Anekwe, T., Hoffmann, S., "Recent Estimates of the Cost of Foodborne Illness Are in General Agreement", U.S. Department of Agriculture, pp.
  • Arnade, C., Calvin, L., Kuchler, F., "Consumers' Response to the 2006 Foodborne Illness Outbreak Linked to Spinach", U.S. Department of Agriculture, pp.
  • Arnade, C., Calvin, L., Kuchler, F., 2009, "Consumer Response to a Food Safety Shock: The 2006 Foodborne Illness Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 Linked to Spinach", Review of Agricultural Economics, 31(4), pp. 734-750
  • Arnade, C., Kuchler, F., Calvin, L., 2011, "Food Safety and Spinach Demand: A Generalized Error Correction Model", Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 40/2, pp. 251-265
  • Arnade, Carlos, Fred Kuchler, and Linda Calvin, "Consumers' Response When Regulators Are Uncertain About the Source of Foodborne Illness", Journal of Consumer Policy, 2012, 10.1007/s10603-012-9, pp.
  • Ashton, L., Berck, P, Cole, D., Hoffmann, S., Todd, J., "Estimating Food Attributable Fractions of Foodborne Illness from Time Series Data", Presentation by Peter Berck at AAEA Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, pp.
  • Ballenger, N., "Briefing for Under Secretary Murano",
  • Bovay, J., "Regulation of Production Practices and Product Attributes: Animal Welfare and Food Safety", Dissertation Award presentation, Food Distribution Research Society annual conference, Philadelphia, PA, October 9, 2015. pp.
  • Buzby, J., 2001, "FoodReview", Food Review, Volume 24, Issue 2, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, May, pp. 32-37
  • Buzby, J., Phil Spinelli, Clark Nardinelli, "Economics of Infectious Diseases", Jenny Roberts (Eds.), Oxford University Press.
  • Buzby, J., Roberts, T., J.A. Roberts, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and P.A. Upton, Lothian Health Board, Edinburgh, "Website, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Collaborative Centre for Economics of Infectious Disease", Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/hsru/cceid/ecolijfpj01.pdf,
  • Buzby, J., Roberts, T., Jill Snowdon, 2002, "Epidemiology, Cost, and Risk of Foodborne Disease", Foodborne Diseases 2nd Edn, 2002, Cliver and Riemann (Eds.), Elsevier Science Ltd..
  • Buzby, Jean C. and Paul D. Frenzen, "Estimating the Cost of Illness Caused by Select Foodborne Pathogens", Invited presentation to the 2010 Food Safety Education Conference, Atlanta, GA, pp.
  • Dina Hoefer, Shauna Malone, Paul Frenzen, Ruthanne Marcus, Elaine Scallan, Shelley Zansky, 2006, "Knowledge, attitudes, and practice of the use of irradiated meat among respondents to the FoodNet Population Survey in Connecticut and New York", Journal of Food Protection, 69, pp. 2441-2446
  • Dong, F., D. Hennessey, H. Jensen, 2012, "Factors determining milk quality and implications for production structure under somatic cell count standard modification", Journal of Dairy Science, Vol. 95, Issue 11, pp.
  • Elaine Scallan, Timothy F. Jones, Alicia Cronquist, Stepy Thomas, Paul Frenzen, Dina Hoefer, Carlota Medus, Frederick J. Angulo, FoodNet Working Group, 2006, "Estimating the burden of foodborne illness: Factors associated with seeking medical care and submitting a stool sample", Foodborne Pathogens & DIsease, 3(4), pp. 432-438
  • Elise Golan, "In the Name of Quality: Testing and Traceability", Presentation to the Soci�t� Fran�aise d�Economie Rurale, Clermont-Ferrand, France, pp.
  • Elise Golan, Tanya Roberts, Elisabete Salay, Julie Caswell, Michael Ollinger, and Danna Moore, Food Safety Innovation in the United States: Evidence from the Meat Industry, Agricultural Economic Report, AER-831, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 49 pp.
  • Ferrier, P. and J. Buzby, "The Economic Efficiency of Sampling Size: The Case of Beef Trim", AAEA Food Safety and Nutrition Section, Monterrey, CA, September 27, 2010. pp.
  • Ferrier, P., "Diminishing Marginal Returns to Inspections", AAEA Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, July 26, 2009.
  • Ferrier, P., "Producer Indemnification for Food Safety Events", presentation made at AAEA meeting, Seattle, WA, August 13, 2012. pp.
  • Ferrier, P., Buzby, J., "Response to Comment on "The Economic Efficiency of Sampling Size: The Case of Beef Trim"", Risk Analysis: An International Journal, pp.
  • Buzby, Jean C., "Cost of Foodborne Disease", Invited chapter in the Encyclopedia of Food Safety, Oxford, UK: Elsevier Press (Eds.), Oxford, UK: Elsevier Press.
  • Buzby, Jean C., "Economic Questions about Nanotechnology", Presentation at the �Impact of Nanoscale Technologies on Agriculture and Food Systems: A Scoping Wor, Washington, DC, August 21, 2009. pp.
  • Buzby, Jean C., L. Hannah Gould, Magdalena E. Kendall, Timothy F. Jones, Trisha Robinson, and Donald P. Blayney, "Characteristics of Consumers of Unpasteurized Milk", Characteristics of Consumers of Unpasteurized Milk, pp.
  • Carlos Arnade, Fred Kuchler, Linda Calvin, "Food Saftey Shock and Spinach Demand; A Shock Correction Model", AAEA, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, pp.
  • Crutchfield, S., Roberts, T., "Food Safety Efforts Accelerate in the 1990s", Food Review, Volume 23, Issue 3, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, pp. 44-49
  • Frenzen, P., "Adding up the Costs of Foodborne Illness", Speech presented at AAEA annual meeting., Long Beach, CA, August 15, 2002. pp.
  • Frenzen, P., "Consumer Acceptance of Irradiated Meat and Poultry in FoodNET Sites", Food Irradiation 2001 Conference, Washington, DC,
  • Frenzen, P., "Decreasing Rate of Hospitalization for Guillain-Barr� Syndrome in the United States, 1993-2003", Poster presented at Infectious Diseases Society of America annual meeting., San Francisco, CA, October 5, 2005.
  • Frenzen, P., "Economic Cost of Guillain-Barr� Syndrome in the United States", Poster presented at International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, GA, March 16, 2008. pp.
  • Frenzen, P., "Infectious Disease Society of America Annual Meeting", Poster presented at annual meeting of Infectious Diseases Society of America., San Francisco, CA, October 25, 2001.
  • Frenzen, P., "The Burden of Diarrheal Illness in FoodNet, 2002-2003", presented at Infectious Diseases Society of America Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, September 30, 2004.
  • Frenzen, P., "The Economic Costs of Guillain-Barre Syndrome: Estimation Procedures and Data", presentation at CDC/Food Net 2004 Annual Meeting, Decatur, GA, March 24, 2004. pp.
  • Frenzen, P., 2003, "Mortality Due to Gastroenteritis of Unknown Etiology in the United States", Journal of Infectious Disease, Vol. 187, pp. 441-52
  • Frenzen, P., 2007, "Hospital Admissions for Guillain Barre Syndrome in the United States, 1993-2004", Neuroepidemiology, 29, pp. 83-88
  • Frenzen, P., Emilio DeBess, Karim Hechemy, Heidi Kassenborg, Malinda Kennedy, Katherine McCombs, Alex McNees, 2001, "Consumer Acceptance of Irradiated Meat and Poultry in the United States", Journal of Food Protection, 64(12), pp. 2020-2026
  • Frenzen, P., Golan, E., Mizer, K., "A Web-based Calculator for Determining the Economic Costs of Illness Due to Escherichia coli 0157 Infections", presented at Inernational Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, GA, March 19, 2006.
  • Frenzen, P., Malone, S., Marcus, R., Hadler, J., Zansky, S., Hoefer, D., Banerjee, A., and Angulo, F., "Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of the Use of Irradiation Among Respondents to the FoodNet Population Survey", poster presented at International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, GA, February 29, 2004.
  • Frenzen, P., Malone, S., Marcus, R., Hadler, J., Zansky, S., Hoefer, D., Banerjee, A., and Angulo, F., "Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice of the Use of Irradiation Among Respondents to the FoodNet Population Survey in CT and NY",
  • Frenzen, P., Adhikari, B., Angulo, F., Meltzer, M., "Burden of Salmonellosis: Framework for Cost Analysis", poster presented at the CDC Prevention Effectiveness Conference, Atlanta, GA, July 1, 2003.
  • Frenzen, P., Buzby, J., Majchrowicz, A., Beth Imhoff (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), 2000, Agricultural Information Bulletin, Agricultural Information Bulletin, 756, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, August, 8 pp.
  • Golan, E., "Credence Attributes and Incredible Claims: Examing the Role for Government in Food Market Differentiation", Members of Business for Social Responsibility, Ford Foundation, NY, May 30, 2002. pp.
  • Golan, E., "Information for Consumer Protection? Outlining the Role of Information Policy", Consumer Interests Annual, Vol. 47, pp.
  • Golan, E., "Nutrition, Food Safety, and COOL in the 2002 Farm Bill", Symposium presentation at the AAEA Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA, July 29, 2002. pp.
  • Golan, E., "Role for Government in Product Differentiation and Labeling of Biotechnology Food Products", academics, industry, government, Stanford, CA, June 28, 2002. pp.
  • Golan, E., 2003, "Calculating the Cost of Foodborne Illness--A New Tool to Value Food Safety Risks", Amber Waves, Vol. 1, Issue 2, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, April, pp. 6
  • Golan, E., Julie Caswell, University of Massachusetts, "Public and Private Economic Incentives to Reduce Food Safety Risk", Annual Meeting of Society for Risk Analysisrisk analysts and economists, Seattle, WA, December 3, 2001. pp.
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