After BSE presents knowledge on its origin as well as the reason for the spread of the disease.

Features:

• Original analyses of its economic impact
• The management of risk and public information is reviewed
• Containment measures are documented
• The difficult question of meat and bone meal is fully discussed

Contents

BSE: the Facts, the Impact, the Lessons

• The Epidemic in the UK
• International Spread
• Cost of the Epidemic
• The Learning Curve
• Containment Measures
• Risk Assessment and Communication - the UK Experience
• Meat and Bone Meal

The Changing Context: an Industry in Transition

• The Changing Consumer
• The Effect of Food Scares
• Retailing and Processing: Rapidly Increasing Concentration
• The Producers
• Scale and Intensification
• Intensification and Animal Disease
• Externalities
• Trade and Competitiveness
• Evolution of EU Common Agricultural Policy
• Enlargement of the EU

The Future: Vision and Options

• Stakeholders - The Ethical Framework
• Stakeholders - the Market Structure
• The Economic Context
• Reconnecting the Chain
• Transparency and Accountability
• Traceability
• Consumer Assurance
• The Place for Regional and Special Quality Products
• Organic Production
• The Place for Science

Index

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