A race to the top? a case study of food safety standards and African exports

Implementation of the European Union's new aflatoxin standards will reduce African exports to Europe of nuts, cereals, and dried fruits, products highly sensitive to the aflatoxin standards. The EU standards would reduce health risks by only about 1.4 deaths per billion a year but would cut Afr...

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Main Author: Otsuki, Tsunehiro
Corporate Author: World Bank Development Research Group
Other Authors: Wilson, John Sullivan, Sewadeh, Mirvat
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C World Bank, Development Research Group, Trade 2001
Series:Policy research working paper
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Collection: World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Implementation of the European Union's new aflatoxin standards will reduce African exports to Europe of nuts, cereals, and dried fruits, products highly sensitive to the aflatoxin standards. The EU standards would reduce health risks by only about 1.4 deaths per billion a year but would cut African exports by 64 percent, or
Item Description:"March 2001"--Cover. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 21-23). - Title from title screen as viewed on Sept. 17, 2002