Contesting competence--change in the Danish food safety system.
This paper presents the rationalisation and centralisation in the last decade in the Danish food safety system and illustrates some of the frustration it raised among market actors. The article argues that, even if the reforms did not change formal division of responsibilities for securing food safety, the implementation of new principles in the food safety control procedure in the form of HACCP and the publication of results from public food inspection visits (The Danish Smiley System) have altered the roles and responsibilities of market actors and public actors at a practical level. In this way the reform raises new questions about the efficiency of the food safety control system.
Nielsen
Annemette
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Department of Human Nutrition, Centre for Advanced Food Studies, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Rolighedsvej 30, DK 1958 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark. anmn@kvl.dk
D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D003663:Decision Trees; D003718:Denmark; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control; D005511:Food Handling / Q000592:standards*; D005513:Food Inspection / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007881:Legislation, Food