Food Safety

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2010

Three essays on food safety and foodborne illness
Jing Liang
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Three essays on food safety and foodborne illness

by

Jing Liang

A dissertation submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Major: Economics
Program of Study Committee:
Helen H Jensen, Major Professor
David A. Hennessy
John D. Lawrence
Annette M. O’Connor
Peter F. Orazem

Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
2010
Copyright © Jing Liang, 2010. All rights reserved.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF FIGURES…………….………………...……………...…………...........…..……...iv
LIST OF TABLES…………….………………...……………...…………...……...…..……...v
ABSTRACT…………….………………...……………...……………………..………..……..vi
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION ............................................................... 1
1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Organization of the dissertation ............................................................................... 7
CHAPTER 2. MARKETING AGREEMENTS, OPPORTUNISTIC BEHAVIORS AND
FOOD SAFETY DETECTION

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