Supervision of control for food safety in food chains

C.P.A. van Wagenberg; G.B.C. Backus

Supervision of control for food safety in food chains

In: Towards effective food chains

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C.P.A. van Wagenberg

C.P.A. van Wagenberg LEI, Wageningen UR, Alexanderveld 5, 2585 DB Den Haag, the Netherlands; coen.vanwagenberg@wur.nl

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G.B.C. Backus

G.B.C. Backus LEI, Wageningen UR, Alexanderveld 5, 2585 DB Den Haag, the Netherlands; coen.vanwagenberg@wur.nl

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Pages:: 195–206

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.3920/9789086867059_012

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Purpose: To understand the economic motivations behind the private and public policy decisions regarding the new supervision of control principle in the EU.

Methodology/approach: With Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 (General Food Law) the EU adopted a new legislation to control food safety. In this legislative framework Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 opens possibilities to change towards a more effectively and efficiently control of food safety making use of private approaches in public food safety control: the supervision of control principle. This chapter uses literature research, specifically on Incentive Theory, and the KB3-projects on incentives and control of control to analyze and understand these economic motivations. Special emphasis will be given towards the role of information and incentive mechanisms. This chapter provides decision support for policy makers on how to deal with private food safety control in food chains.

Findings: Using a supervision of control system to guarantee public health is likely to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of food safety control. Supervision of control is defined as the use of private quality control systems by the government to reach a public goal, on the condition that these systems meet legal preconditions. As each control system, a supervision of control system for food safety must consider the role of asymmetric information and has to deal with the possible resulting agency problems. Incentive mechanisms for food safety control between companies in food chains and between food industry and governments are a promising solution. This chapter provides a list of concepts and aspects that need to be considered by private and public policy makers in analyzing and designing incentive mechanisms that result in effective and efficient systems for food safety control.

Practical implications: Understanding the economic motivations behind the private and public policy decisions regarding the supervision of control principle is essential for it to increase effectiveness and efficiency of food safety control. In particular, policy-makers should consider the presence of information asymmetry and resulting agency problems between government and companies, and between companies in a supply chain. For effective and efficient food safety control, the costs and benefits for each involved party must be quantified to determine financial incentive mechanisms between companies in food chains and between food industry and governments. Further research is needed to design and implement more effective and efficient incentive mechanisms for food safety control in practice, which deal with the adverse selection and moral hazard problems.

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Towards effective food chains

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E-Book ISBN:: 9789086867059

Publisher:: Wageningen Academic

Print Publication Date:: 15 Nov 2010

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