Traceability in the U.S. Food Supply: Economic Theory and Industry Studies

Agricultural Economic Report No. (AER-830) 56 pp, March 2004

by Elise Golan, Barry Krissoff, Fred Kuchler, Linda Calvin, Kenneth Nelson, and Gregory Price

This investigation into the traceability baseline in the United States finds that private sector food firms have developed a substantial capacity to trace.

Keywords: traceability, traceback, tracking, recall, tracing, supply-side management, food safety, product differentiation

In this publication...

• Entire Report
• Abstract, Acknowledgments, Contents
• Summary
• Introduction and Methodology
• Efficient Traceability Systems Vary
• Industry Studies: Private-Sector Traceability Systems Balance Private Costs and Benefits
• Market Failure in the Supply of Traceability: Industry and Government Response
• Conclusions
• References