Information, retail channel and consumers WTP for food safety in Argentina

In Argentina, the incidence of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is high, with approximately 420 new cases observed each year. A strain called VTEC 0157 of Escherichia coli (E. coli) was identified as the primary cause of HUS. The retail sale of beef in Argentina is marketed mainly without labels, bra...

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Autores principales: Berges, Miriam, Casellas, Karina, Echeverría, Lucía, Urquiza Jozami, Gonzalo
Formato: Documento de conferencia publishedVersion
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2018
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Preferencias del Consumidor
Seguridad Alimentaria
Atributos de Calidad
Disposición a Pagar
Carne
Modelo de Elección Discreta
Acceso en línea:http://nulan.mdp.edu.ar/2956/
http://nulan.mdp.edu.ar/2956/1/berges-etal-2018.pdf
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Nulan - Fac.Cs.Económicas (UNMdP) de Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP)
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topic Preferencias del Consumidor
Seguridad Alimentaria
Atributos de Calidad
Disposición a Pagar
Carne
Modelo de Elección Discreta
spellingShingle Preferencias del Consumidor
Seguridad Alimentaria
Atributos de Calidad
Disposición a Pagar
Carne
Modelo de Elección Discreta
Berges, Miriam
Casellas, Karina
Echeverría, Lucía
Urquiza Jozami, Gonzalo
Information, retail channel and consumers WTP for food safety in Argentina
description In Argentina, the incidence of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is high, with approximately 420 new cases observed each year. A strain called VTEC 0157 of Escherichia coli (E. coli) was identified as the primary cause of HUS. The retail sale of beef in Argentina is marketed mainly without labels, brands or certifications, in butchers shops that represent 75% of the market share. In the context of the Healthy Butchers program, bacteriological evaluations at butcher shops detected cross contamination of food with pathogens in beef retail environment. In this paper, we measure consumer preferences for selected food safety attributes in beef and butcher shops, taking their information and knowledge about safety into account. We use a discrete choice experiment to assess consumers WTP using primary data from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Results suggest that consumers' utility increases when there is a cashier at the butcher shop, the butcher wears gloves and uses recommended tables to cut meat, and beef products have a properly lay out at meat display fridge at consumers' sight. Consumers' knowledge and information about foodborne diseases and beef contamination risks increase the WTP for safety attributes at butcher shops. This effect is especially stronger for the last two mentioned attributes, which require a more detailed observation from consumers. Implications for food retail managers and policy-makers are discussed.
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author Berges, Miriam
Casellas, Karina
Echeverría, Lucía
Urquiza Jozami, Gonzalo
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Casellas, Karina
Echeverría, Lucía
Urquiza Jozami, Gonzalo
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title Information, retail channel and consumers WTP for food safety in Argentina
title_short Information, retail channel and consumers WTP for food safety in Argentina
title_full Information, retail channel and consumers WTP for food safety in Argentina
title_fullStr Information, retail channel and consumers WTP for food safety in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Information, retail channel and consumers WTP for food safety in Argentina
title_sort information, retail channel and consumers wtp for food safety in argentina
publishDate 2018
url http://nulan.mdp.edu.ar/2956/
http://nulan.mdp.edu.ar/2956/1/berges-etal-2018.pdf
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