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Food Safety Policy Fights: A U.S. Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Julie A. Caswell
Julie A. Caswell*
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Department of Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
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Perspective is very important in understanding the area of food safety. This importance is illustrated by a favorite cartoon of mine that features an older, experienced mouse giving advice to a young mouse. The older mouse, in wrapping up, says to the younger, “… and stay away from scientists—they cause cancer.” Facing an avalanche of information on links between diet and health, consumers may, in frustration, sympathize with the mouse's view, and are having some difficulty sorting out which are the important cause-and-effect relationships. Government and industry also are struggling to develop a coherent approach to food safety and nutrition.

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Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , October 1990 , pp. 59 - 66
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Copyright © 1990 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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