Overview
ERS provides economic analyses of issues affecting the
safety of the U.S. food supply. This includes research
examining how benefits and costs of alternative policies
and programs designed to protect consumers from unsafe
food might be distributed among producers and consumers.
- ERS estimates the human
illness costs of foodborne disease to help policymakers
identify the magnitude of the societal impact of foodborne
illness.
- ERS examines how consumers respond when Federal health
and safety officials inform them about the safety of
particular foods.
- ERS has conducted a nationally representative
survey of meat and poultry plants on the costs of HACCP regulation
and food safety technologies, as well as case studies of pathogen-reducing
innovations in the beef industry.
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- The Food Safety briefing
room provides a central point for obtaining information
about economic issues that influence the safety of the
U.S. food supply.
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