Did the Pathogen Reduction and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points Regulation Cause Slaughter Plants to Exit

Our multiperiod analysis tested whether the 1996 Pathogen Reduction and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points food safety regulation affected the probability of slaughter plant exit. We estimated probit models using pooled plant-level datasets for the preimplementation, implementation, and pos...

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Published in:Applied economic perspectives and policy 2007-10, Vol.29 (3), p.596-611
Main Authors: Muth, Mary K, Wohlgenant, Michael K, Karns, Shawn A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied Analyses
Cattle industry
D180
Economic regulation
Federal regulation
Food law
Food safety
Herfindahl Hirschman index
Industrial plants
Industrial regulation
K320
L110
L510
Livestock industries
Meat industry
Meats
Pathogens
Q130
Slaughter
Statistical analysis
Studies
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Summary:Our multiperiod analysis tested whether the 1996 Pathogen Reduction and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points food safety regulation affected the probability of slaughter plant exit. We estimated probit models using pooled plant-level datasets for the preimplementation, implementation, and postimplementation periods. Results suggest that very small and small meat slaughter plants were more likely to exit during implementation than during preimplementation but less likely after implementation. In contrast, the results suggest the regulation had little effect on the probability of very small and small poultry slaughter plant exit during implementation but may have affected the probability of exit postimplementation.
ISSN:1058-7195
2040-5790
1467-9353
2040-5804
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9353.2007.00374.x