美国:惩罚性赔偿有震慑作用不可否认,美国是世界上食品安全体系比较完善、健全的国家。严密的食品安全监管体系、召回制度以及惩罚性赔偿制度可以说是美国维护食品安全的三把利剑。其中,惩罚性赔偿对生产和销售危险产品的企业日益发挥出威慑作用。根据美国农业部的调查,美国每年大约都会扔掉价值910亿美元的食物,其中很大一部分是由于过了保质期。美国历史上也曾有过出售过期食品的商 U.S.: Punitive damages have undeniable deterrent effect. The United States is a relatively sound and sound food safety system in the world. Strict food safety regulatory system, recall system and punitive damages system can be said that the United States to maintain food safety, three swords. Among them, punitive damages play an increasingly deterrent role in enterprises that manufacture and sell dangerous products. According to the USDA survey, the United States will throw away about 91 billion U.S. dollars worth of food every year, a large part of which is due to the expiration date. There have also been sellers of expired food in the history of the United States