Private Third-Party Verification of Product Claims: Lessons from Kosher Certification

Publication Title

Research Handbook on International Food Law,

Editor

Michael Roberts

Document Type

Contribution to Book

Publication Date

2023

Abstract

Food consumers often desire products with attributes that are not discernable from a product’s appearance. Unscrupulous sellers may be tempted to misrepresent the presence of these “credence qualities.” In response, reputable sellers wishing to distinguish truthful product claims from spurious ones can provide verification using third-party certification. Third-party certification marks on product labels attesting to a wide variety of credence qualities are now commonplace. This chapter analyzes the global system of kosher food certification to develop a general model of reliable third-party verification of credence qualities.

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Timothy D. Lytton, Private Third-Party Verification of Product Claims: Lessons from Kosher Certification, in Rsch. Handbook on Int'l Food L. 387 (Michael Roberts ed., 2023).

DOI

10.4337/9781800374676.00033

ISBN

9781800374669 (Print) 9781800374676 (eISBN)

First Page

387

Last Page

408

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