Global Food Trade and Consumer Demand for Quality
Consumers have always been concerned about the quality, and particularly the safety, of the foods they eat. In recent years this concern has taken on additional prominence. Consumer focus on food safety has been sharpened by reports about new risks, such
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Global Food Trade and Consumer Demand for Quality
Edited by
Barry Krissoff Mary Bohman Economic Research Sen'ice/USDA WashingiOll, D,C.
and
Julie A. Caswell Unil'ersity of Massachusetts Amhersf, Massachusetts
Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Global food trade and consumer demand for quality/edited by Barry Krissoff, Mary Bohman, and Julie Caswell. p. cm. Based on the proceedings of a conference held in June 2000 under the cosponsorship of the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium and Regional Research Project NE-165: Private strategies, public policies, and food system performance. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4419-3379-9 ISBN 978-1-4757-5329-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4757-5329-5 I. Produce trade-Government policy. 2. Agriculture-Economic aspects. 3. Consumption (Economics) 4. Consumer protection. 5. Globalization. I. Krissoff, Barry. II. Bohman, Mary. III. Caswell, Julie A. IV. International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium. V. Regional Research Project NE-165 HD9000.5 .G583 2002 382' .4564I3-dc21 2001057977
Proceedings of the conference Global Food Trade and Consumer Demand for Quality, held June 26-27, 2000, in Montreal, Canada ISBN 978-1-4419-3379-9 ©2002 Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Kluwer AcademiclPlenum Publishers, New York in 2002 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2002 http://www.wkap.nl 10 9
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PREFACE Consumers have always been concerned about the quality, and particularly the safety, of the foods they eat. In recent years this concern has taken on additional prominence. Consumer focus on food safety has been sharpened by reports about new risks, such as that posed by "mad cow" disease, and about more familiar sources of risk, such as foodborne pathogens, pesticides, and hormones. At the same time, some consumers are increasingly interested in knowing more about how their food is produced and in selecting products based on production practices. Some of the questions consumers are asking include whether food is produced with the use of modern biotechnology, whether it is organically produced, how animals are treated in meat and egg production systems, and whether food is produced using traditional methods. Recent trends also show increased consumer demand for a variety of food products that are fresh, tasty, and available on a year-round basis. This has fostered increased global trade in food. For example, consumers in temperate climates such as North America are able to buy raspberries throughout the year, and Europeans can enjoy South American coffee. Trade in processed food products is actually inc
