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The Economics of Food Safety: The Case of Green Onions and Hepatitis A Outbreaks

  • by Linda Calvin, Belem Avendaño Ruiz and Rita Schwentesius
  • 12/1/2004
  • VGS-305-01

Overview

Using the example of recent hepatitis A outbreaks in the United States associated with green onions from Mexico, this report examines the economics of food safety. It reviews the incentives to adopt additional food safety practices and the economic impact of an outbreak on green onion growers in Mexico.

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