Was It Something I Ate? Implementation of the FDA Seafood HACCP Program

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.01038.x

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American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volume 90 Issue 1, Pages 28 - 41

Published Online: 9 Aug 2007

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Was It Something I Ate? Implementation of the FDA Seafood HACCP Program

Anna Alberini ¹ , Erik Lichtenberg ¹ , Dominic Mancini ¹ , and Gregmar I. Galinato ¹

¹ Anna Alberini is associate professor and Erik Lichtenberg professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park. Dominic Mancini is economist, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. Gregmar Galinato is assistant professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman.

This research was funded in part by a grant from the University of Maryland/FDA Joint Institute for Food Safety and Nutrition. All views expressed are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily represent those of the Office of Management and Budget, the Executive Office of the President, or the University of Maryland/FDA Joint Institute for Food Safety and Nutrition.

KEYWORDS

enforcement • food safety • HACCP • monitoring • regulation • regulatory compliance • seafood

ABSTRACT

We develop a theoretical model of enforcement and compliance under HACCP regulation and use the FDA's seafood inspection records to examine: (1) if the FDA has targeted its inspections under HACCP regulation; (2) the effects of inspections on compliance with HACCP and plant sanitation standards; and (3) the relationship between compliance with HACCP and preexisting sanitation standards. There is some evidence of targeting based on product risk, but not on past compliance performance. The threat of an inspection increases the likelihood of compliance, but only for sanitation inspections, not for HACCP. HACCP compliance does not improve compliance with sanitation standards.

[Received January 2006;
accepted March 2007.]

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