Examines the economic incentives for food safety in the private marketplace and how public actions have helped shape those incentives Explores economic decision making within individual companies to understand the tradeoffs of the costs of food safety systems to comply with regulations Applies economic theory to food safety decision making in both the public and private sectors

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Tanya Roberts has been involved in five Congressional reports and hearings, including testifying on the costs of foodborne illness and writing a benefit/cost analysis of food irradiation.   She has been an invited speaker at UN conferences and meetings in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.  While at the Economic Research Service in USDA, Dr. Roberts analyzed the private sector's innovations in response to the 1993 Jack in Box outbreak and led the slaughterhouse team in USDA's risk analysis of E. coli O157:H7 in ground beef.  The interaction of the private sector with food safety public policy is Dr. Roberts main research interest, both nationally and internationally.  Both in ERS and in the economics profession, Dr. Roberts has pioneered economic analysis of food safety policies.

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I. Food Safety Applied Economics: Economic Incentives in Regulations and in the Private Sector A. Overview of Food Safety Economics Derrick Jones; Tanya Roberts; and Robert ScharffB. Information Is the Basic Problem for Economic Incentives Tanya Roberts and Robert Scharff       C. Supply Chain Control, Principal-Agent Theory, and International Challenges Derrick Jones  D. HACCP Implementation, Economic Incentives, and Benefit/Cost Analysis: U.S. Meat and Poultry Tanya Roberts           E. Economic Impact of Posting Restaurant Ratings: UK and US Experience  - Derrick Jones              
II. Economics of Foodborne Illness Metrics: When to Use What
A. Overview of Estimates and Use by Private Companies and Public Policy Analysis - Robert Scharff,  Arie Havelaar, and Tanya RobertsB. Burden of Disease for Cost Effectiveness Analysis - Arie Havelaar C. Cost of Illness and DALY Methods and Applications - Robert ScharffD.Identification of Acute Foodborne Illnesses and Their Long Term Health Outcomes Tanya Roberts    
III. Case Studies in Applied Food Safety Economics
A. Economic Incentives of Product Testing: U.S. Beef Tanya RobertsB. Surveillance of Campylobacter in New Zealand - Peter van der LogtC. Outbreak Consequences: Sweden's Salmonella Testing from Farm to Fork Tanya Roberts and Johan LindbladD. Economics of Antibiotic Use in Swine and Poultry Production,  Aude Teillant and Ramanan LaxminarayanE. The Role of Surveillance in Regulations and in Promoting Economics Incentives Robert Scharff and Craig HedbergF. Economic Incentives for Capacity Building in Food Safety-Clare Narrod and Mark MillerG. Pathogen Information and Supply Chain Performance: Costs and Benefits Craig WilsonH. Legal Liabilty Changes for Food Safety in the United States and Selected Countries Bill Marler, J.D.I.The Challenges and Promise of GFSI in International Markets Derrick Jones 
IV.The Future of International Food Safety: Economic Incentives, Risks, GFSI, WTO, and Country Regulations Derrick Jones, Robert Scharff, Clare Narrod, and Tanya Roberts