Foodborne Disease in OECD Countries
Subtitle: Present State and Economic Costs
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and World Health Organization
Contributors: World Health Organization
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9789264105386
Subjects: Agriculture and Food; Social Issues/Migration/Health
Description: Foodborne disease caused by microbiological hazards and chemical contaminants continues to be a growing public health concern, according to the World Health Organisation. This report provides information on the incidence and costs of foodborne disease, which represent a significant economic burden on consumers, the food industry and governments. There is a need to improve interdisciplinary approaches in order to better understand public health issues and their economic consequences. This will also allow policy makers to design appropriate prevention strategies to lower the risk
Table of contents: title: PART I. PRESENT STATE OF FOODBORNE DISEASE IN OECD COUNTRIES; title: Introduction; title: What is Known; title: Severity of Foodborne Disease; title: Present State of Foodborne Disease in OECD Countries; title: Increase in Reported Foodborne Disease Incidences; title: Success in Foodborne Disease Reduction; title: What is Not Known; title: The Extent of the Foodborne Disease Burden; title: Disease Attrributable to Specific Food Commodities; title: FBD of Unknown Etiology; title: Summary; title: Annex I.1. Tables; title: Bibliography; title: PART II. ECONOMIC COSTS OF FOODBORNE DISEASE IN OECD COUNTRIES; title: Introduction; title: Approaches to Measuring the Economic Costs of Foodborne Disease; title: Cost-of-Illness Approach; title: Willingness to Pay Approach; title: Comparing COI and WTP Approaches; title: Empirical Estimates of the Economic Costs of Foodborne Disease; title: Additional Economic Considerations of Foodborne Disease; title: The Cost of Eradication; title: Litigation Costs; title: Product Recalland Market Impact; title: The Impact of the Value of Firms; title: Summary; title: Annex II.1. Measuring the changes in Consumer Welfare; title: Bibliography