TY - JOUR
T1 - Cost-benefit analysis of food firms adopting HACCP system in different scales
T2 - A case study from China
AU - Wang, Zhigang
AU - Weng, Yanzhen
AU - Yutaka, Tomoyuki
AU - Fukuda, Susumu
AU - Kai, Satoshi
PY - 2007/10
Y1 - 2007/10
N2 - Based on the data collected from a questionnaire survey of 344 food processing enterprises in China, applying simple quantitative analysis method, this paper mainly analyzes the cost and benefit of food firms in different scales after their HACCP adoption. It is found that after adopting HACCP, the before tax profit ratios appear negative in small-scale food processing firms, while they are positive in both medium-scale and large-scale ones. This study indicates that the diversity of firm scales make different effects on firms' before tax profit ratios after HACCP adoption. This result provides a forcible support for the claim that government should take necessary measures to help small-scale food processing firms adopt HACCP for preventing dangerous food safety hazards.
AB - Based on the data collected from a questionnaire survey of 344 food processing enterprises in China, applying simple quantitative analysis method, this paper mainly analyzes the cost and benefit of food firms in different scales after their HACCP adoption. It is found that after adopting HACCP, the before tax profit ratios appear negative in small-scale food processing firms, while they are positive in both medium-scale and large-scale ones. This study indicates that the diversity of firm scales make different effects on firms' before tax profit ratios after HACCP adoption. This result provides a forcible support for the claim that government should take necessary measures to help small-scale food processing firms adopt HACCP for preventing dangerous food safety hazards.
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U2 - 10.5109/9338
DO - 10.5109/9338
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:36148943195
SN - 0023-6152
VL - 52
SP - 475
EP - 479
JO - Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University
JF - Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University
IS - 2
ER -