REFERENCES
- Angulo , A. M. and Gil , J. M. 2007 . Risk perception and consumer willingness to pay for certified beef in Spain . Food Qual. Pref. , 18 : 1106 – 17 .
- Angulo , A. M. and Gil , J. M. 2007 . Spanish consumers' attitudes and acceptability towards GM food products . Agric. Econ. Rev. , 8 : 50 – 63 .
- Arai , K. , Oskarsson , S. , Yamauchi , I. , Öberg , P. , Svensson , T. and Hirano , S. 2005 . The structure and determinants of trust: The cases of Japan and Sweden . Hitotsubashi J. Econ. , 46 : 183 – 204 .
- Aubeeluck , A. 2010 . A comparative analysis of consumer attitudes towards food safety, animal testing and traceability in the meat industry: Japan and Canada , MSc dissertation, Department of Rural Economy, University of Alberta .
- Bailey , D. , Robb , J. and Checketts , L. 2005 . Perspectives on traceability and BSE testing in the U.S. beef industry . Choices: Magazine Food, Farm Resource Issues. , 20 : 293 – 97 .
- Baranowski , T. 1997 . “ Psychological and sociocultural factors that influence nutritional behaviors and interventions: Cardiovascular disease ” . In Beyond nutritional recommendation: Implementing science for healthier populations , Edited by: Garza , C. , Haas , J. D. , Habicht , J. P. and Pelletier , D. 163 – 188 . Ithaca, NY : Cornell University, Division of Nutritional Sciences . Ineds.and
- Baranowski , T. , Cullen , K. , Nicklas , T. , Thompson , D. and Baranowski , J. 2003 . Are current health behavioral models helpful in guiding prevention of weight gain efforts? . Obes. Res. , 11 ( suppl ) : 23S – 43S .
- Bishop , M. T. , Hart , P. , Aitchison , L. , Baybutt , H. N. , Plinston , C. , Thomson , V. , Tuzi , N. L. , Head , M. W. , Ironside , J. W. , Will , R. G. and Manson , J. C. 2006 . Predicting susceptibility and incubation time of human-to-human transmission of vCJD . Lancet Neurol. , 5 : 393 – 98 .
- Castilla , J. , Brun , A. , Segundo , F. D.-S. , Salguero , F. J. , Gutiérrez-Adán , A. and Pintado , B. 2005 . Vertical transmission of bovine spongiform encephalopathy prions evaluated in a transgenic mouse model . J. Virol. , 79 : 8665 – 68 .
- Checketts , L. 2006 . Two step tracking, traceability or BSE testing: Which do US beef consumers prefer? , MBA thesis, Royal Agricultural College and Utah State University .
- Christoff , I. B. , Bruhn , M. and Roosen , J. 2008 . Knowledge, attitudes towards and acceptability of genetic modification in Germany . Appetite , 51 : 58 – 68 .
- Dobra , S. A. and Bennett , P. G. 2006 . vCJD and blood transfusion: Risk assessment in the United Kingdom . Transfus. Clin. Biol. , 13 : 307 – 11 .
- Doherr , M. G. 2003 . Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)—Infectious, contagious, zoonitic or production . Acta Vet. Scand. Suppl. , 98 : 33 – 42 .
- Dormont , D. 2002 . Prions, BSE and food . Int. J. Food Microbiol. , 78 : 181 – 89 .
- Earle , T. C. 2010 . Trust in risk management: A model based review of empirical research . Risk Anal. , 30 : 541 – 74 .
- Fishbein , L. 1998 . Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, hypotheses and food safety: An overview . Sci. Total Environ. , 217 : 71 – 82 .
- Glaeser , E. L. , Laibson , D. I. , Scheinkman , J. A. and Soutte , C. L. 2000 . Measuring trust . Q. J. Econ. , 115 : 811 – 46 .
- Gough , K. C. , Baker , C.A. , Taema , M. and Maddison , B. C. 2009 . In vitro amplification of prions from milk in the detection of subclinical infections . Prion , 3 : 236 – 39 .
- Greene , W. H. 2000 . Econometric analysis , 4th , Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice Hall .
- Greene , W. H. 2008 . Econometric analysis , 6th , Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice Hall .
- Harakeh , S. , Soweid , R. A. A. , Nassar , N. T. , Zananiri , N. S. , Tfaily , R. , Rola , A. H. and Allam , S. 2003 . Knowledge, attitude, and behavior of students regarding ‘mad cow disease.’ . Sci. Total Environ. , 312 : 255 – 60 .
- Hart , J. , Leier , B. and Nahirniak , S. 2004 . Informed consent for blood transfusion: Should the possibility of prion risk be included? . Transfus. Med. Rev. , 18 : 177 – 83 .
- Japan Statistics Bureau. 2009. Chapter 2, Population and households. Japan statistical year book. Statistics Centre. http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/nenkan/1431-02.htm (http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/nenkan/1431-02.htm) (Accessed: 20 October 2010 ).
- Kazemipur, A. 2005–2006. Social trust, ethnic diversity and immigrants: The case of Canada. Working paper WP06-05. PCERII Working Paper Series. http://pcerii.metropolis.net/WorkingPapers/WP06-05.pdf (http://pcerii.metropolis.net/WorkingPapers/WP06-05.pdf) (Accessed: 8 November 2010 ).
- Latouche , K. , Rainelli , P. and Vermersch , D. 1998 . Food safety issues and the BSE scare: some lessons from the French case . Food Policy , 23 : 347 – 56 .
- McCluskey , J. J. , Grimsrud , K. M. , Ouchi , H. and Wahl , T. I. 2005 . Bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Japan: Consumers' food safety perceptions and willingness to pay for tested beef . Aust. J. Agric. Resource Econ. , 49 : 197 – 209 .
- Moore , M. L. 2005 . BSE in North America: Consumer perceptions and willingness to pay for tested beef , MA dissertation, Washington State University .
- Muringai , V. and Goddard , E. 2011 . BSE, risk perceptions and beef consumption: Comparison of Japan and Canada . J. Toxicol. Environ. Health A , 74 : 167 – 90 .
- Ritchie , D. L. and Ironside , J. W. 2009 . “ Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease ” . In Encyclopedia of neuroscience , Edited by: Squire , L. R. 25 – 32 . Oxford : Academic Press .
- Roselius , T. 1971 . Consumer rankings of risk reduction methods . J. Market , 35 : 56 – 61 .
- Seitz , R. , von Auer , F. , Blümel , J. , Burger , R. , Buschmann , A. , Dietz , K and Heiden , M. 2007 . Impact of vCJD on blood supply . Biologicals , 35 : 79 – 97 .
- Sønderskov , K. M. and Daugbjerg , C. 2010 . “ The state and consumer confidence in eco-labelling: Organic labelling in Denmark, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States ” . In Agric. Hum. Values , Published online November 2010 .
- Statistics Canada. 2006. Census 2006. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/topics/Index.cfm (http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/topics/Index.cfm) (Accessed: 9 November 2009 ).
- Statistics Canada (CANSIM). 2009. Population and demography. http://dc.chass.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cansimdim/c2_subjects.pl (http://dc.chass.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cansimdim/c2_subjects.pl) (Accessed: 8 October 2009 ).
- U.S. Department of Commerce, 2001. Profiles of General Demographic Characteristics. 2000 Census of Population and Housing. United States 2000 http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/dp1/2kh00 (http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/dp1/2kh00) (Accessed: 13 October 2010 ).
- U.S. Households by Size, 1790–2006. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0884238.html (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0884238.html) (Accessed: 13 October 2010 ).
- U.S. Census Bureau. Current Population Survey (CPS). 2010. A joint effort between the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau. Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) Supplement. http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/cpstables/032010/hhinc/new06_000.htm (http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/cpstables/032010/hhinc/new06_000.htm) (Accessed: 13 Oc 2010 ).
- Van Wezemael , L. , Verbeke , W. , Kügler , J. O. , de Barcellos , M. D. and Grunert , K. G. 2010 . European consumers and beef safety: Perceptions, expectations and uncertainty reduction strategies . Food Control. , 21 : 835 – 44 .
- Ward , R. , Bailey , D. and Jensen , R. 2005 . An American BSE crisis: Has it affected the value of traceability and country of origin certifications for US and Canadian beef? . Int Food Agribusiness Manage Rev. , 8 : 92 – 114 .
- Wilesmith , J. W. and Ryan , J. M. B. 1997 . Absence of BSE in the offspring of pedigree suckler cows affected by BSE in Great Britain . Vet. Rec. , 141 : 250 – 51 .
- World Health Organisation. 2002. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs113/en (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs113/en) (Accessed: 31 September 2010 ).
- World Health Organization. 2006. WHO guidelines on tissue infectivity distribution in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.WHO Press. http://www.who.int/bloodproducts/tse/WHO%20TSE%20Guidelines%20FINAL-22%20JuneupdatedNL.pdf (http://www.who.int/bloodproducts/tse/WHO%20TSE%20Guidelines%20FINAL-22%20JuneupdatedNL.pdf) (Accessed: 31 September 2010 ).
- Zou , S. , Fang , C. T. and Schonberger , L. B. 2008 . Transfusion transmission of human prion diseases . Transfus. Med. Rev , 22 : 58 – 69 .