search our site     home > key topics > food safety   risk assessment for foodborne hazards Food safety agencies, like all government agencies, make choices about how to maximize the impact of their budgets. By combining economics with risk assessments and conducting benefit/cost analyses of alternative public policies, ERS analyses can help identify the types of policies with the greatest net benefit to society. feature ERS’s benefit/cost analysis of the 1997 USDA Pathogen Reduction/Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) program found positive net benefits, even with small reductions in pathogen levels. See the Government Food Safety Policies Briefing Room for more information. web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov updated: October 12, 2000  Also at ERS... latest publications (all) • Meat and Poultry Plants' Food Safety Investments: Survey Findings • Food Safety Innovation in the United States: Evidence from the Meat Industry • Amber Waves, April 2004 latest data products (all) • Foodborne Illness Cost Calculator research emphases (all) • A safe food supply resources • Contact an ERS Expert • Calendar of Releases services • Receive E-mail Updates • E-mail This Page • Translate This Page

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