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FOOD
SAFETY REGULATION CONCERNS AND TRADE — Editors Rajesh Mehta and J. George |
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This book shall prove useful not only to various policy-makers and different stakeholders in agriculture, trade and industry but also to scholars who are interested in understanding this complex subject. |
Published by: MACMILLAN
INDIA LTD. |
International
food safety regulation issues have become a major source of friction
in international trade. The procedures for settlement of dispute have
been identified as key items on the World trade Organization (WTO) agenda
for future multilateral trade talks. This reflects the growing importance
of the processed food trade as well as concerns among importing countries
about its impact. For agricultural products, in particular processed
food, non-tariff barriers to international trade emerge predominantly
from Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Regulations related to trade flow.
As the demand for food safety rises, there is an increased need for
higher SPS standards. This monograph on Food Safety Regulation Concerns
and Trade: A Developing Country Perspective addresses various issues
related to food safety standards, like the theoretical constructs for
developing countries to participate in the food safety driven international
trade, the institutional support mechanism available to stakeholders
globally from producers to consumers, various strategies and the preparedness
among developing countries. These and many more issues are being discussed
in this volume.