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The impacts of economic and demographic variables on the demand for food grain commodities in urban Jiangsu province of China are estimated, using both the QUAIDS and the AIDS models. Results show that the demands for wheat flour and coarse grains are price-elastic while the demands for rice and...

This study investigates the potential impacts of food safety outbreaks on domestic shipments, imports, and prices of the produce industry. Three case studies were analyzed to assess these potential impacts: the cantaloupe outbreak of March–April 2008, the spinach outbreak of September...

Geographical Indications (GIs) are names of regions, specific places or, in exceptional cases, countries, used to describe an agricultural product or a foodstuff (EC 510/2006, Art. 2). They have received much attention in the last years not only at the European level, where they stem from, but...

This paper examines the legal and policy relationship reinforcement amongst international standards for GIs, food safety standards, and other claims of quality or safety. The paper addresses those relationships within the context of international trade agreements protecting GIs, such as the 1994...

Geographical indications and designations of origin on agricultural products and foodstuffs are protected according to the Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 (Regulation). The definitions of geographical indications, designations of origin and the cancellation conditions of protected geographical...

Using a case study, this paper examines how EU geographical indications (GIs) standards can integrate into Hungarian socio-embodied patterns. It uses apricots from the underdeveloped region of Hungary as an example, defined in the EU GI context as a local resource of cultural identity. The...