Supply Chain Contracts and Food Safety

Starbird, Sterling

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Supply Chain Contracts and Food Safety

S. Andrew Starbird

Santa Clara University - Department of Operations Management & IS

Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, Vol. 20, No. 2, 2005

Abstract:
In this article, I examine how supply chain contracts can be designed to improve the safety of purchased inputs. Contracts are frequently used to govern the exchange of goods, services, information, and money between supply chain participants. Even when sellers have more information about the product safety than buyers do, contracts can be used to enhance food safety.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 5

Keywords: contracts, supply chain, food safety

JEL Classification: Q13, L14

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Date posted: May 17, 2006

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Starbird, S. Andrew, Supply Chain Contracts and Food Safety. Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, Vol. 20, No. 2, 2005. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=902443

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Sterling Andrew Starbird (Contact Author)

Santa Clara University - Department of Operations Management & IS ( email )

500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053
United States

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