Towards an Integrated Approach? Food Inspection Reforms in Canada and the European Union

Bibliographic Data

ID12651984
AuthorsTrygve Ugland (corresponding author), Frode Veggeland
Year2004
Volume23
Issue4
Pages104-124
Publication date2004-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolicy and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1449-4035 • E-ISSN: 1839-3373
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/s1449-4035(04)70045-4
OpenAlexW2005641633
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited9

Policy integration has become a fashionable concept among policy-makers at national and international levels over the last two decades, and both Canada and the European Union have adopted food safety policy integration as a central objective. This comparative study analyses how this objective has played out in the recent reforms of the Canadian and EU food inspection systems. The article argues that similar patterns of integration can be identified along the vertical dimension as a result of the development of stronger policy and program coordination capacities at the centre. In terms of horizontal integration, the EU food inspections system appears more consistent, interdependent, and structurally connected around the overriding food safety objective of protecting the health of the population

Business · Dimension (graph theory · European integration · European union · Food safety · Food security · Food systems · Geography · Horizontal and vertical · Interdependence · International trade · Political science · Population · Regional science · Sociology · Environmental and Social Impact Assessments · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Regulation and Compliance Studies

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