@article{ref1,
title="From punishment to prevention: A French case study of the introduction of co-regulation in enforcing food safety",
journal="Food policy",
year="2012",
author="Rouvière, Elodie and Caswell, Julie A.",
volume="37",
number="3",
pages="246-254",
abstract="In the last decade, the concept of co-regulation has been developed and increasingly promoted as an important instrument of regulation. In the context of food safety, we examine co-regulation programs from the point of view of an enforcement agency. We develop a conceptual framework of enforcement of food safety regulation for use in assessing the degree of shift toward co-regulation from traditional approaches and apply it to a case study of the French import market for produce at Perpignan. We find that co-regulation in the enforcement of pesticide residue limits resulted in a change of practices for the regulatory agency from punishment to prevention based on incentives and information programs.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-9192",
doi="10.1016/j.foodpol.2012.02.009",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2012.02.009"
}