RISK-BASED MONITORING: A MODEL AND APPLICATION TO FDA'S IMPORTED FOOD MONITORING PROGRAM

Regulatory agencies intervene in risky situations by outlawing practices that impose risks on society or by proscribing practices that reduce risk. Because public resources for enforcing regulation are limited, public policy has recently emphasized maximizing the benefit from enforcement by consider...

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Published in:Public administration quarterly 1999-10, Vol.23 (3), p.259-275
Main Authors: MARTIN, SHEILA A., BEAULIEU, NANCY DEAN, WILLIAMS, RICHARD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administrative agencies
Commercial regulation
Consumers
Cost analysis
Cost benefit ratio
Diseases
Drug regulation
Economic regulation
Enforcement
Federal regulation
Food law
Food products
Food security
Imported foods
Imports
Integer programming
Intervention
Linear programming
Public policy
Regulatory agencies
Risk assessment
Society
SYMPOSIUM: Economic Modeling In The Public Sector
US imports
Violations
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Summary:Regulatory agencies intervene in risky situations by outlawing practices that impose risks on society or by proscribing practices that reduce risk. Because public resources for enforcing regulation are limited, public policy has recently emphasized maximizing the benefit from enforcement by considering the risk reduction achievable from each intervention. This emphasis requires a shift of resources to monitoring situations in which regulatory violations are most likely, their welfare effects are most serious, and their detection is probable and relatively inexpensive. This article is a risk-based monitoring model applied to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) import monitoring program. Although some components of the model are specific to FDA's data and regulatory needs, this model's basic structure is applicable to many situations in which a decisionmaker seeks to identify the most cost-effective choices for reducing risk.
ISSN:0734-9149
2327-4433