Potential economic losses to the US corn industry from aflatoxin contamination

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 540-550

  Mitchell, Nicole J ^a   Bowers, Erin ^b   Hurburgh, Charles ^b   Wu, Felicia ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; economic analysis; market loss; operating characteristic curve

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE TESTS; AFLATOXINS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMMERCE; CONTAMINATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LOSSES;

FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS; MITIGATION STRATEGY; NATURAL VARIABILITY; OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM; POTENTIAL MARKETS; US FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

AFLATOXIN;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; MAIZE; MARKET; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CROP; ECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AFLATOXINS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; UNITED STATES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84960249078     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 19440057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2016.1138545     Document Type: Article

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