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