Efficient food safety regulation in the agro-food wholesale market

Abstract

This paper analyses a framework of food safety regulation system in agro-food wholesale markets as revealed by a recent investigation in Beijing, which consists of government regulation and market regulation. The results show that it hasn’t formed a standardized and uniform food safety regulation system for the agro-food wholesale market, and the government regulation permeated in all aspects of the market, which make the food safety management at higher cost and lower efficiency. Therefore, the study intends to develop a co-regulation model for food safety governance in agro-food wholesale markets. Future research is needed to empirically test this model.