Food safety is a highly debated issue. Food industry organizations, retailers and national
and transnational governments have been trying to find new ways to regulate food safety …

This volume explores a variety of forms of transnational private governance where non-state
actors cooperate across borders to establish rules and standards accepted as legitimate by …

New technologies, climate change, infectious diseases and major crises like the BSE-affair
make us realize that our knowledge of risks threatening our society is very limited. The …

Abstract In recent years, West European supermarkets have been playing an active role in
the global regulation of food safety. They have developed several transnational food safety …

De serie Webpublicaties omvat studies die in het kader van de werkzaamheden van de
WRR tot stand zijn gekomen. De verantwoordelijkheid voor de inhoud en de ingenomen …

Abstract Dutch Abstract: Hoeveel vertrouwen hebben consumenten in voedsel? Is dit
vertrouwen afgenomen? Waarover maken zij zich zorgen? Welke consumenten maken zich …

This dissertation1 examines the regulation of the meat sector and the varying factors that
inform monitoring, enforcement and compliance by the sector's regulators and regulatees …

This text was commissioned by the Market, State and Society (Markt, Staat en Samenleving)
project group at the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR). The …

Aims The study examined the determinants of (non)-compliance to the legal age limits for
the sale of alcohol, tobacco and gambling products in supermarkets. To examine these …

Flood prevention, food safety, transport of hazardous materials, infectious diseases, the risks
posed by new technologies, and many other threats to public health and the environment …