Food Safety and Nutrition Section Sessions
2007 AAEA Annual Meeting
all sessions are in the OregonConvention Center
Monday
FOOD SAFETY AND NUTRITION SECTION ANNUAL MEETING
7:15 a.m. –8:45 a.m. / Room A108/ breakfast served
PUBLIC AND CONSUMER RESPONSE TO FOOD SAFETY POLICIES
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. / Room B111
Organizer: W. Nganje, J. Caswell
The Impact of Testing on the Incidence of Food Safety Failures - S. A. Starbird, T. Roberts
Is There Any Evidence of Dominant Offsetting Behavior in Food Safety?– W. Nganje, D. Miljkovic, and B. Oyango
The use of supermarket loyalty card data to determine the impact of government-sponsored health campaigns on food purchasing behavior - A. Fearne
ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR FOOD SAFETY
1:30 – 3:00 p.m./ Room B111
Moderator: E. Golan
Economic Incentives for Food Safety Farm Practices in Hog Production– H. Jensen
Economic Incentives for Food Safety Based on FSIS Testing – S. A. Starbird, T. Roberts
Industry Reputation as a Common Good– J. McCluskey
COMPLEX FOOD RISK/BENEFIT COMMUNICATIONS
3:30 – 5:00 p.m. /Room B111
Moderator: L. Unnevehr
Does Health Information Matter for Modifying Consumption? A Field Experiment Measuring the Impact of Risk Information on Fish Consumption– J. Roosen, S. Marette, S. Blanchemanche, and P. Verger
Complex Food Labels—The Move from Binary to Scale Messages– N. Hooker
Lessons Learnt from “Seafood Choices: Balancing Benefits and Risks”– J. Caswell
Food Safety and Nutrition Section Sessions
2007 AAEA Annual Meeting
all sessions are in the OregonConvention Center
Tuesday
PRICES, POLICIES, AND PAYMENTS: HOW THEY AFFECT NUTRITION AND HEALTH
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. / Rm B115
Presentations:
A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down: The Relationship between Diet, Obesity, and Medical Expenditures on Diabetes– C. Meyerhoefer, E. Leibtag
Do Healthy Diets Cost More? The Relationship of Dietary Energy Density to Nutrient Density and Nutrient Cost– A. Drewnowski
The Cost of a Healthy Diet: Considering the Thrifty Food Plan Approach from an Economic Perspective– P. Wilde
Insidious Consumption: Subtle Factors That Influence What We Eat and How Much– D. Just and B. Wansink
AGRI-FOOD TERRORISM: RESEARCH AND POLICY RESPONSES
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. / Rm A108
Presentations:
Applied Economics at the NationalCenter for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease– B. McCarl
Applied Economics at the NationalCenter for Food Protection and Defense– J. Kinsey
Bio-terrorism and Natural Disasters: Market and Policy Responses– D. Hudson
COLLABORATING IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ENVIRONMENT
Tuesday, July 31, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. / RmC123
Moderator: Sandra Hoffmann
Panelists: Darrell Bosch, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Paul McNamara, University of Illnois; James Sanchirico, Resources for the Future; Josh Zivin, Columbia University; John Antle, Montana State University; Randall Westgren, University of Illnois; George Davis, Texas A&M University; Michael Livingston, USDA-Economic Research Service
FOOD PRODUCT COMPOSITION: HOW DOES IT RESPOND TO POLICY?
3:30 – 5:00 p.m./ Rm B115
Moderator: E. Golan
Presentations:
Transfat in Processed Foods– L. Unnevehr
Milk Component Pricing and Milkfat in U.S. Diets– B. Gould
Increase in Added Sugars in Processed Foods– H. Jensen