Food Policy (Chs. 10, 11)

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Food Policy (Chs. 10, 11)

• Food safety/securitypolicies concerned with food
  that is safe from harmful contamination
• Nutrition and assistancepolicies concerned with
  availability of adequate, safe food for everyone

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Food safety/security includes (see Kinsey paper)

• Safety from chemical and biological substances
  that cause illness or death
• Safety from diseases related to food (diet)
• Safety from deliberate contamination in the food
  chain (bioterrorism)
• Policy goal is to achieve all three.

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• Examples of safety/security concerns
• Food additives (preservatives)
• Natural substances (cholesterol, GMOs)
• Chemical residues (pesticides, hormones)
• Pathogens (E coli, Salmonella)
• Diseases (BSE)

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Reasons for different acceptance of GMO food (see
Hebden et al.)

• Cultural acceptance of technology and attitudes
  about nature (what is natural)
• Scale structure of ag. sectorproxemity of ag.
  to population centers
• Who consumers trust for informationconsumer/envir
  onmental groups vs. scientific/academic sources
• How much of consumers information is obtained
  through media sources

5

• Achieving food safety requires coordination/cooper
  ation across the entire food chainproducers,
  processors, transporters, etc.and usually
  requires government involvement.

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Food safety policy tools

• Food inspection programs
• Labeling
• Import restrictions
• Licensing (e.g., for chemicals /or applicators)
• Content regulations

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Food safety/security includes (see Kinsey paper)

• Safety from chemical and biological substances
  that cause illness or death
• Safety from diseases related to food (diet)
• Safety from deliberate contamination in the food
  chain (bioterrorism)
• Policy goal is to achieve all three.

8

• Examples of safety/security concerns
• Food additives (preservatives)
• Natural substances (cholesterol, GMOs)
• Chemical residues (pesticides, hormones)
• Pathogens (E coli, Salmonella)
• Diseases (BSE)

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Reasons for different acceptance of GMO food (see
Hebden et al.)

• Cultural acceptance of technology and attitudes
  about nature (what is natural)
• Scale structure of ag. sectorproxemity of ag.
  to population centers
• Who consumers trust for informationconsumer/envir
  onmental groups vs. scientific/academic sources
• How much of consumers information is obtained
  through media sources

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• Achieving food safety requires coordination/cooper
  ation across the entire food chainproducers,
  processors, transporters, etc.and usually
  requires government involvement.

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Food safety policy tools

• Food inspection programs
• Labeling
• Import restrictions
• Licensing (e.g., for chemicals /or applicators)
• Content regulations

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Food nutrition and aid

• Concerns are largely hunger, malnutrition, and
  safe food, both domestically and internationally
• Causes are related to
• Incomes and income distribution, related to cost
  of food (effective demand ability to purchase)
• Education (knowledge)
• Economic structure and infrastructure

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Food nutrition and assistance policy tools

• Food aid, both domestic and international
• Technical assistance for food self-sufficiency
  (mostly international)
• Education programs (domestic internatl.)
• Food price controls (mostly other countries)
• Support for infrastructure development (domestic
  internatl.)
• Research technology transfer (domestic
  internatl.)