Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/26728 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
WTO Staff Working Paper No. ERSD-2009-01
Publisher: 
World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva
Abstract: 
In this paper we provide a description of how food safety related scientific evidence is generated and how it is used in the context of risk assessment for international standard-setting at CODEX and in WTO trade disputes. In particular, we discuss the processes leading to policy conclusions on the basis of scientific evidence, with a focus on the interactions involved between private and public sector actors and those between "scientific experts" and others. We identify weaknesses in the current institutional set-up and provide suggestions on how to improve the interaction between different players at the national and international level so as to strengthen the existing system and increase its cost efficiency.
Subjects: 
Food safety standards
risk assessment
policy capture
Codex Alimentarius Commission
WTO
JEL: 
F13
Q16
Q18
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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