Valuing the Health Benefits of Food Safety: A Proceedings

Fred Kuchler

MP No. (MP1570) 120 pp, April 2001

Because each Federal agency uses a different valuation method to estimate the costs of illness, it is difficult to compare programs across agencies. As a first step toward generating a consensus on the current state of knowledge and deciding on a common approach, several agencies planned this conference, held September 14-15, 2000, at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. The outcome of the conference will serve as guidance for a consensus approach. The conference was sponsored by the following organizations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Economic Research Service, USDA; Food and Drug Administration; NE-165 Regional Research Project; Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, USDHHS; and The Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

Keywords: Value of statistical life, cost-of-illness, contingent valuation, hedonic measures, QALY

In this report ...

Chapters are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

• Abstract
• Introduction--Clark Nardinelli
• Valuing Statistical Lives--Moderated by Nicole Owens and Nathalie Simon
• Using Estimates of the Value of a Statistical Life in Evaluating Regulatory Activity--Donald Kenkel
• Comments by Chris Dockens
• Rappporteurs’ Notes from breakout session on valuing statistical lives--Linda Chapell, Nicole Owens, Nathalie Simon, David Widawsky

• Measuring the Pain, Suffering, and Functional Disability Associated with Foodborne Illness--Josephine Mauskopf, Roberta A. Morales
• Comments by Amber Jessup
• Rapporteur's’ Notes from breakout session on QALYs--Clark Nardinelli, Christina McLaughlin

• Valuing Pathogenic Risks: Results Using DIfferent Valuation Methods--Jason Shogren, Tommy Stamland, Todd L. Cherry, Thomas D. Crocker
• Comments by Fred Kuchler
• Rapporteur's Notes from breakout session on comparing methods--Jean Buzby

• Comparing the Valuations for Different Hazards--Alan J. Krupnick
• Rapporteur's Notes from breakout session on comparing chemical and biological hazards--Tammy Riggs

• Entire report, 1,800 kb

Updated date: April 2, 2001