Center for Food Safety and Agrosecurity (CFSA): The
Center for Food Safety and Agrosecurity proposes to bring innovative
advances in food safety to commercial applications. The current focus of
this group is on the US Egg Safety Action Plan which calls for complete
eradication of Salmonella from eggs by the year 2010. In addition, this
group is looking at the development of tamper proof caps for food packages
and rapid test diagnostics of food borne pathogens. CIBE researchers have
led the following research and service:
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Support of food recall research, assessing
industry and government response.
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Evaluation of the role for tamper evident
packaging. Building from consumer focus groups, a pending survey of
manufacturer and academic audiences.
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In collaboration with EggTech, completed an
industry survey and journal article assessing the impact of the US Egg
Safety Action Plan on R&D and adoption of innovative technologies such
as ozone treatment.
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Assistance in preparing proposals for
extramural support sustaining CFSA.
Published outputs:
Cho, Bo-Hyun and Neal H. Hooker. Voluntary
vs. Mandatory Approaches to Food Safety: Considering Heterogeneous Firms.
Forthcoming in Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 22 pp
Fouayzi, Hassan, Julie A. Caswell and Neal H.
Hooker. 2006. Motivations of Fresh-Cut Produce Firms to Implement
Quality Management Systems. Review of Agricultural Economics. 28(1):
pp. 132-146
Selected Food Safety Economics Presentations
(2006 & 2007)
Hooker, Neal H., Wenjing Shang and
Robert Scharff. 2007. Improving Crisis Communication during Food Recalls:
The Role of Retailers. Paper presented at ACCI Annual Conference. St. Louis,
MO. April 18-21
Hooker, Neal H. 2007c. Food Recalls:
Economic Trends and Implications. Presentation at An Ohio Round Table on
Foodborne Pathogens and Produce Safety. OSU, Columbus, OH. April
17
Hooker, Neal H. 2007b. Food Recalls and
Public Health: Trends and Implications. Seminar presentation, Dept. of
Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, NJ. April 3
Hooker, Neal H. and Yael Vodovotz. 2007.
Organic Foods: Policy, Marketing and Science Combined. Talk to Rotary Club.
Dublin, OH. February 9
Hooker, Neal H. 2007a. Food Recalls and
Public Health: Trends and Implications. School of Public Health research
seminar, OSU. January 10
Hooker, Neal H. Bo-Hyun Cho and Meebok Kim.
2006. Complicated Compliance: Towards Optimal Risk Reduction. Seminar
presented at Wye College, Kent, UK. December 13
Hooker, Neal H. and Wenjing Shang. 2006c.
Exploring HAS Scores and Audits: Implications for Food Safety. Seminar
presented at Food Standards Agency, London, UK. December 11
Shang, Wenjing, Neal H. Hooker and Robert
Scharff. 2006. Crisis Communication during Food Recalls: The Role of
Retailers. Paper presented at SRA annual meeting Risk Analysis in a
Dynamic World: Making a Difference. Baltimore, MD. December 3-6
Hooker, Neal H. 2006f. Recalls as a Proxy
of Food Safety Control: Trends and Implications. Presentation to graduate
seminar (850.1) Dept. of Food Science and Technology, OSU. October 17
Hooker, Neal H. 2006e. Recalls as a Proxy
of Food Safety Control: Trends and Implications. Seminar presented at CDC,
Atlanta, GA. September 14
Shang, Wenjing and Neal H. Hooker. 2006d.
Scales or Stars? Consumer Preferences for Food Quality Signals. Selected
paper presented at AAEA Summer Meeting, Long Beach, CA. July 23-26
Cho, Bo-Hyun and Neal H. Hooker. 2006b.
Comparison of Food Safety Risk Under Two Different Standards. Selected paper
presented at AAEA Summer Meeting, Long Beach, CA. July 23-26
Cho, Bo-Hyun and Neal H. Hooker. 2006a.
Voluntary Participation in Regulatory Programs – The Case of Heterogeneous
Firms. Paper presented in FS&N Track, AAEA Summer Meeting, Long Beach, CA.
July 23-26
Kim, Meebok, Neal H. Hooker and Robert
Scharff. 2006. A Regional-level Comparison of the Cost of Food Safety
Failures. Poster presented at AAEA Summer Meeting, Long Beach, CA. July
23-26
Shang, Wenjing and Neal H. Hooker. 2006c.
Did HAS Scores Impact Economic Incentives? Selected paper presented at AAEA
Pre-conference workshop New Food Safety Incentives and Regulatory,
Technological, and Organizational Innovations, Long Beach, CA. July 22
Hooker, Neal H. 2006d. Labeling
Restaurants. Presentation to Central Ohio Restaurant Association. Columbus,
OH. July 17
Shang, Wenjing and Neal H. Hooker. 2006b.
Safer Foods - “One Less Thing to Worry About” - Experiences from Food Safety
Performance in the U.K. Poster presented at OARDC Annual Research
Conference. Wooster, OH. April 20
Kim, Meebok and Neal H. Hooker. 2006a. A
Regional-level Comparison of the Cost of Food Safety Failures. Poster
presented at OARDC Annual Research Conference. Wooster, OH. April 20
Hooker, Neal H. and Wenjing Shang. 2006a.
Using Consumer Information to Improve Recalls. Selected paper presented at
Battelle/John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy
Exploring the Intersection of 21st Century Technology and
Personal Privacy Protection. Columbus, OH. February 7
Shang, Wenjing and Neal H. Hooker. 2006a.
Exploring Trends in the Hygiene Assessment System: Evaluating Food Safety
Performance in the U.K. Meat and Poultry Sectors. Selected paper presented
at International Conference on Statistics,
Mathematics and Related Fields.
Honolulu, HI. January 16-18