@inbook{9e0b651b039a4de7844f698285b60ffc,
title = "Technical and economic considerations about traceability and certification in livestock production chains",
abstract = "This paper focuses on traceability and certification. The goal of the paper is to analyse the status and perspectives of traceability systems and certification schemes and to review their potential costs and benefits. The following two sections describe purposes, requirements, status and perspectives of traceability systems and certification schemes, respectively. Then there is a section discussing potential costs and benefits, followed by a comprising section with the conclusions and an economic research agenda for the field of traceability and certification in livestock production chains",
keywords = "voedselveiligheid, landbouwproductie, voedselhygi{\"e}ne, normen, certificering, kwaliteitscontroles, kosten-batenanalyse, dierlijke producten, vee, food safety, agricultural production, food hygiene, standards, certification, quality controls, cost benefit analysis, animal products, livestock",
author = "M.P.M. Meuwissen and A.G.J. Velthuis and H. Hogeveen and R.B.M. Huirne",
note = "POR-mapnr. 1369",
year = "2003",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781402014253",
series = "Wageningen UR Frontis Series",
publisher = "Kluwer Academic Publishers",
number = "Vol. 1",
pages = "49--62",
editor = "A.G.J. Velthuis and L.J. Unnevehr and H. Hogeveen and R.B.M. Huirne",
booktitle = "New approaches to food-safety economics",
}
