Foodborne illness ranks seventh globally among major health hazards, falling between air pollution and tuberculosis. Yet food safety is relatively understudied by economists. This paper provides an introduction to food safety for economists new to the subject. It presents an overview of the problem, the history of major policy reforms, and the structure of food safety governance in the United States and internationally. It identifies potential opportunities for economists in interdisciplinary food safety research and presents one example of this kind of collaboration, namely research focused on identifying the food sources of US Campylobacter infections.

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食品安全：政策历史和经济研究途径介绍

食源性疾病在主要健康危害中排名全球第七，介于空气污染和肺结核之间。然而，经济学家对食品安全的研究相对较少。本文为刚接触该主题的经济学家提供了食品安全的简介。它概述了该问题，主要政策改革的历史以及美国和国际上食品安全治理的结构。它为跨学科的食品安全研究确定了经济学家的潜在机会，并提出了这种合作的一个例子，即专注于确定美国弯曲杆菌感染的食物来源的研究。