Why regulators assess risk differently
Regulatory style, business organization, and the varied practice of risk‐based food safety inspections across the EU
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6377014 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Olivier Borraz (0000-0003-2470-5200), Anne‐laure Beaussier (0000-0003-1708-8224), Mara Wesseling, David Demeritt (0000-0002-2030-0807), Henry Rothstein (0000-0001-7071-1244), Marijke Hermans, Michael Huber (0000-0001-8332-8017), Regine Paul (0000-0003-3562-7527) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 274-292 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Regulation & Governance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-5983 • E-ISSN: 1748-5991 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/rego.12320 |
| OpenAlex | W3026425893 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 34 |
This article advances scholarship on comparative regulation by moving beyond the conventional focus on formal law and EU comitology to assess the extent of ‘practice convergence’ in the implementation of EU regulation. Drawing on 50 key informant interviews, a survey, and policy document analysis, we compare how regulators in England, Germany, France and the Netherlands have implemented EU requirements that food safety inspections be ‘risk‐based’. Focusing on a clear dependent variable – risk‐scoring methods – we find important differences in the conception and targeting of risk‐based inspections; with starkly different implications for what kind of food businesses they need to target to ensure safety within an ostensibly harmonized single market. We attribute variation in the implementation of risk‐based inspection to the ways that EU requirements were filtered through long‐entrenched regulatory styles and modes of food business organization in each country, reinforcing preexisting inspection practices in the design of new risk‐based tools
Business · Computer security · Convergence (economics · Economic growth · Economics · European union · Food safety · International trade · Key (lock · Management · Political science · Public economics · Risk analysis (engineering · Risk assessment · Risk management · Scholarship · Computer Science · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Regulation and Compliance Studies · Accounting · Finance · Marketing
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 2,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |