Convergence of US and EU Production Practices Under the New FDA Food Safety Modernization Act

摘要

The potential negative impact on food exporters in developing countries of private standards relating to the safety of fresh produce (fruit and vegetables) has been raised on numerous occasions at the WTO and in the Codex Al-imentarius Commission (WTO, 2007a, 2007b; Henson and Humphrey, 2009; Codex Alimentarius Commission, 2010). Repeated claims have been made that private standards developed by companies or coalitions of companies will not only limit overall developing country exports of these products, but also create particular difficulties for small farmers (Dinham, 2003; Trienekens and Zuurbi-er, 2008; Narrod et al., 2009). Such critics of private standards point particu-