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Xi X, Wei S, Lin KL, Zhou H, Wang K, Zhou H, Li Z, Nan N, Qiu L, Hu F, Tsai FS, Chen D. Digital Technology, Knowledge Level, and Food Safety Governance: Implications for National Healthcare System. Front Public Health 2021; 9:753950. [PMID: 34900901 PMCID: PMC8655841 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.753950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Exploring the intrinsic relationship between digital technology and the efficiency of food safety supervision contributes to a better understanding of the role of digital technology in food safety supervision and how to maximize its influence. This study employed sample data from 31 regions in China between 2015 and 2017 for an empirical analysis of the correlation between the two and to examine the moderating effects of the knowledge levels of food producers and consumers. The results show that the development of digital technology contributes to enhancing the efficiency of food safety supervision. In this process, the higher the knowledge level of consumers, the greater the positive promotional effect of digital technology. On the contrary, when the knowledge level of producers is higher, it is not conducive to enhancing the effect of digital technology on the efficiency of food safety supervision. The author holds the view that this is related to the fact that employees in the food production and manufacturing industry have insufficient moral and legal knowledge. This not only limits the effect of digital technology on enhancing the efficiency of food safety supervision, but also opens the door to illegal production for some unprincipled producers. The policy implications are that digital technology should be used to improve food safety supervision, the moral and legal knowledge of food producers should be improved, and consumers should be encouraged to use digital technology more in the pursuit of food safety. Implications for national healthcare system would be also discussed in our paper.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xun Xi
- Global Value Chain Research Center, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China.,School of Management, Shandong Technology and Business University, Yantai, China
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- International Business Research Institute, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Business Management, College of Management, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- School of Master of Business Administration, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Economics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- China Center for Economic Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Master of Business Administration, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- Global Value Chain Research Center, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Global Value Chain Research Center, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Business Administration, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Center for Environmental Toxin and Emerging-Contaminant Research, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Super Micro Mass Research and Technology Center, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- School of Business Administration, Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics Dongfang College, Haining, China
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