Consumer Food Safety Concerns and Fresh Produce Consumption
The linear approximation of an almost ideal demand system model was used to measure the impacts of prices, expenditures, and consumer food safety concerns on the consumption of 14 major fresh produce categories in the United States for the period 1970-92. The changes in fresh produce consumption due...
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author | Shida Rastegari Henneberry Kullapapruk Piewthongngam Han Qiang |
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description | The linear approximation of an almost ideal demand system model was used to measure the impacts of prices, expenditures, and consumer food safety concerns on the consumption of 14 major fresh produce categories in the United States for the period 1970-92. The changes in fresh produce consumption due to food safety concerns was calculated. The results indicate that risk information has not had a significant impact on the consumption of most of the fresh produce items studied. |
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spelling | doaj.art-75883b8f1c494d35a35d25866363a8692022-12-22T01:28:03ZengWestern Agricultural Economics AssociationJournal of Agricultural and Resource Economics1068-55022327-82851999-07-012419811310.22004/ag.econ.3086530865Consumer Food Safety Concerns and Fresh Produce ConsumptionShida Rastegari HenneberryKullapapruk PiewthongngamHan QiangThe linear approximation of an almost ideal demand system model was used to measure the impacts of prices, expenditures, and consumer food safety concerns on the consumption of 14 major fresh produce categories in the United States for the period 1970-92. The changes in fresh produce consumption due to food safety concerns was calculated. The results indicate that risk information has not had a significant impact on the consumption of most of the fresh produce items studied.https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/30865food safety concernsfresh produce consumptionrisk information |
spellingShingle | Shida Rastegari Henneberry Kullapapruk Piewthongngam Han Qiang Consumer Food Safety Concerns and Fresh Produce Consumption Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics food safety concerns fresh produce consumption risk information |
title | Consumer Food Safety Concerns and Fresh Produce Consumption |
title_full | Consumer Food Safety Concerns and Fresh Produce Consumption |
title_fullStr | Consumer Food Safety Concerns and Fresh Produce Consumption |
title_full_unstemmed | Consumer Food Safety Concerns and Fresh Produce Consumption |
title_short | Consumer Food Safety Concerns and Fresh Produce Consumption |
title_sort | consumer food safety concerns and fresh produce consumption |
topic | food safety concerns fresh produce consumption risk information |
url | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/30865 |
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