Growing Food Safety from the Bottom Up: An Agent-Based Model of Food Safety Inspections
Authored by Sara McPhee-Knowles
Date Published: 2015
Sponsors:
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Platforms:
NetLogo
Model Documentation:
ODD
Model Code URLs:
https://www.comses.net/codebases/4141/releases/1.1.0/
https://www.comses.net/codebases/4139/releases/1.1.0/
https://www.comses.net/codebases/4137/releases/1.1.0/
Abstract
The overall burden of foodborne illness is unknown, in part because of
under-reporting and limited surveillance. Although the morbidity
associated with foodborne illness is lower than ever, public risk
perception and an increasingly complex food supply chain contribute to
uncertainty in the food system. This paper presents an agent-based model
of a simple food safety system involving consumers, inspectors and
stores, and investigates the effect of three different inspection
scenarios incorporating access to information. The increasing complexity
of the food supply chain and agent-based modeling as an appropriate
method for this line of investigation from a policy perspective are
discussed.
Tags
Uncertainty
Management
Challenges
Risk-assessment