Differences in the economic costs of implementing conventional practices and good practices intended for aflatoxin management in the dried fig supply chain

References

• Abarca ML, Accensi F, Bragulat M R, Castella G, Cabanes FJ. (2003). Aspergillus carbonarius as the main source of ochratoxin A contamination in dried vine fruits from the Spanish market. J Food Protect, 66, 504–06.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Aksoy U, Anac D, Hakerlerler HH, Duzbastilar M. (1987). Nutritional status of fig orchards in Germencik region and relationships between investigated plant nutrients and some yield components and quality. TARIS AR-GE,Project No. 006, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
   Google Scholar
• Aksoy U, Can HZ, Hepaksoy S, Sahin N. (2001). Fig Growing. Ankara, Turkey: TUBITAK TARP Publications.
   Google Scholar
• Aksoy U, Meyvaci KB, Sen F, Altindisli A. (2004). Impact of fumigants applied to control storage pests on fruit quality of dried figs. IOBC WPRS Bulletin, 27, 203–09.
   Google Scholar
• Bircan C, Barringer SA, Ulken U, Pehlivan R. (2008). Increased aflatoxin contamination of dried figs in a drought year. Food Addit Contam, 25, 1400–08.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Boland M, Hoffman DP, Fox JAS. (2001). Post implementation costs of HACCP and SSOPs in Great Plains meat plants. J Food Saf, 21, 195–204.
   Google Scholar
• Boudra H, Le Bars J, Le Bars P, Dupuy J. (1994). Time of Aspergillus flavus infection and aflatoxin formation in ripening of figs. Mycopathologia, 127, 29–33.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Buchanan JR, Sommer NF, Fortlage RJ. (1975). Aspergillud flavus infection and aflatoxin production in fig fruits. Appl Microbiol, 30, 238–41.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Cetinkaya N, Ozyardimci B, Denli E, Ic E. (2006). Radiation processing as a post-harvest quarantine control for raisins, dried figs and dried apricots. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 75, 424–31.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cobanoglu F. (2007). A research on the applicability of some quality safety systems in dried and fresh fig production, domestic and foreign marketing in Turkey. PhD thesis, Ege University, Agriculture Faculty, Department of Agricultural Economics, Izmir, Turkey.
   Google Scholar
• CODEX. (2008). Code of practice for the prevention and reduction of aflatoxin contamination in dried figs. CAC/RCP 65-2008. CODEX.Alimentarius, pp 1–7.
   Google Scholar
• Crutchfield SR, Buzby JC, Roberts T, Ollinger M, Lin CTJ. (1997). An economic assessment of food safety regulations: the new approach to meat and poultry inspection. Agricultural Economic Report, 755. Food and Consumer Economics Division, Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture.
   Google Scholar
• Desmarchelier JM, Allen SE, Ren Y, Moss R, Un LT. (1998). Commercial scale trials on the application of ethyl formate, carbonyl sulphide, and carbon disulphide to wheat. CSIRO Entomology Technic Report, pp 63–75.
   Google Scholar
• Doster MA, Michailides TJ, Morgan DP. (1996). Aspergillus species and mycotoxins in figs from California orchards. Plant Dis, 80, 484–89.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Environmental Protection Agency. (2000). United States Environmental Protection Agency: Guidelines for preparing economic analyses. Washington, DC: United States Environmental Protection Agency.
   Google Scholar
• European Commission. (2006). European Commission Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 of 19 December 2006 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs. Official Journal of the European Union. L 364, 20.12.2006, pp 5–24.
   Google Scholar
• European Commission. (2008). European Commission: Final report of a mission carried out in Turkey, from 14 October to 23 October 2008 in order to assess the control systems in place to prevent mycotoxin contamination in hazelnuts, pistachios and dried fruit intended for export to the European Union. DG (SANCO)/2008-7858-MR-Final, European Commission, pp 1–23.
   Google Scholar
• Fields PG, White NDG. (2002). Alternatives to methyl bromide treatments for stored-product and quarantine insects. Annu Rev Entomol, 47, 331–59.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2007). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations RAP Publication 2007/13, Food and Agriculture Organization. Available at: http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/ag130e/AG130 E12.htm. Accessed on February 15, 2010.
   Google Scholar
• Gong YY, Cardwell K, Hounsa A, Egal S, Turner PC, Hall AJ, Wild CP. (2000). Dietary aflatoxin exposure and impaired growth in young children from Benin and Togo: cross sectional study. Br Med J, 325, 20–21.
   Google Scholar
• Groopman JD, Kensler TW. (1996). Temporal patterns of aflatoxin-albumin adducts in hepatitis B surface antigen-positive and antigen-negative residents of Daxin, Qidong County, People’s Republic of China. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 5, 253–61.
   Google Scholar
• Irget ME, Aksoy U, Okur B, Ongun AR, Tepecik M (2008). Effect of calcium based fertilization on dried fig (Ficus carica L. cv. Sarilop) yield and quality. Sci Hort, 118, 308–13.
   Google Scholar
• Johnson JA, Valero KA, Hannel MM, Gill RF. (2000). Seasonal occurrence of postharvest dried fruit insects and their parasitoids in a culled fig warehouse. J Econ Entomol, 93, 1380–90.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Klich MA, Tiffany LH, Knaphus G. (1992). Aspergillus: biology and industrial applications. In: Bennett JW, Klich MA. eds. Ecology of the Aspergilli of Soils and Litter. Boston, MA: Butterworth Heinemann, 329–53.
   Google Scholar
• Lubulwa ASG, Davis JS. (1994). Estimating the social cost of the impacts of fungi and aflatoxins in maize and peanuts. In: Highley E, Wright EJ, Banks HJ, Champ BR, eds. Stored Product Protection: Proceedings of the 6th International Working Conference on Stored-Product Protection, Wallingford, UK: CAB International, 1017–42.
   Google Scholar
• Ollinger M, Moore D, Chandran R. (2004). Meat and poultry plants’ food safety investments: survey findings. Technical Bulletin1911, Washington, DC: US Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
   Google Scholar
• Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2003). Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development: Special issue on food safety. Paris: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Publications, 3.
   Google Scholar
• Otsuki T, Wilson JS, Sewadeh M. (2001). Saving two in a billion: Quantifying the trade effect of European food safety standards on African exports. Food Policy, 26, 495–514.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pretty JN, Brett C, Gee D, Hine RE, Mason CF, Morison JIL, Raven H, Rayment MD, van der Bijl G. (2000). An assessment of the total external costs of UK agriculture. Agricultural Systems, 65, 113–36.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ragona M, Mazzocchi M. (2008). Food safety regulation, economic impact assessment and quantitative methods. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, 21, 145–58.
   Google Scholar
• Robens J, Cardwell K. (2003). The costs of mycotoxin management to the USA: Management of afltoxins in the United States. J Toxicol Toxin Rev, 22, 143–56.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Samson RA, Hong S, Frisvad JC. (2006). Old and new concepts of species differentiation in Aspergillus. Medical Mycology, 14, 133–48.
   Google Scholar
• Schneider SM, Rosskopf EN, Leesch JG, Chellemi DO, Bull CT, Mazzalo M. (2003). Research on alternatives to methyl bromide: pre-plant and post-harvest. Pest Manag Sci, 19, 814–26.
   Google Scholar
• Sen F, Meyvaci KB, Aksoy U, Emekci M, Ferizli AG. (2009). Effects of the post-harvest application of methyl bromide alternatives on storage pests and quality of dried fig. Turkish Journal of Agricultural Forestry, 33, 403–12.
   Google Scholar
• Turkish Official Newspaper. (2010). The supporting payments of good agricultural practices in Turkey. Turkish Official Newspaper, January 16.
   Google Scholar
• Turner PC, Moore SE, Hall AJ, Prentice AM, Wild CP. (2003). Modification of immune function through exposure to dietary aflatoxin in Gambian children. Environ Health Perspect, 111, 217–20.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• US Department of Agriculture. (1996). Pathogen Reduction: Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems. United States Department of Agriculture,Final Rule, Federal Register, Part II, 9 CFR Parts 304, 308, 310, 320, 327, 381, 416 and 417.
   Google Scholar
• Vardon P, McLaughlin C, Nardinelli C. (2003). Potential economic costs of mycotoxins in the United States. Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST): Mycotoxins: risks in plant, animal, and human system. Task Force Report no. 139. Ames, IA: CAST.
   Google Scholar
• World Bank. (2005). Food safety and agricultural health standards. Challenges and opportunities for developing country exports. Report No. 3127, Washington, DC.
   Google Scholar
• Wu F. (2004). Mycotoxin risk assessment for the purpose of setting international regulatory standards. Environ Sci Technol, 38, 4049–55.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wu F, Liu Y, Bhatnagar D. (2008). Cost-effectiveness of aflatoxin control methods: economic incentives. Toxin Reviews, 27, 203–25.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zettler JL, Leesch JG, Gill RF, Tebbets JG. (1999). Chemical alternatives for methyl bromide and phosphine treatments for dried fruits and nuts. In: Zuxun J, Quan L, Yongsheng L, Xianchang T, Lianghua G, eds. Proceedings of the Seventh International Working Conference on Stored Product Protection, Beijing, China, pp 554–61.
   Google Scholar