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TRACEABILITY IN THE U.S. FOOD SUPPLY: ECONOMIC THEORY AND INDUSTRY STUDIES
Golan, Elise H.; Krissoff, Barry; Kuchler, Fred; … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2004
This investigation into the traceability baseline in the United States finds that private sector food firms have … developed a substantial capacity to trace. Traceability systems are a tool to help firms manage the flow of inputs and products … benefits of traceability to determine the efficient level of traceability. In cases of market failure, where the private sector …
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PRODUCT LIABILITY AND MICROBIAL FOODBORNE ILLNESS
Frenzen, Paul D.; Buzby, Jean C.; Rasco, Barbara - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2001
This report examines how product liability law treats personal injuries attributed to microbially contaminated foods. The risk of lawsuits stemming from microbial foodborne illness and the resulting court-awarded compensation may create economic incentives for firms to produce safer food. It is...
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THE CHANGING FACE OF THE U.S. GRAIN SYSTEM: DIFFERENTIATION AND IDENTITY PRESERVATION TRENDS
Elbehri, Aziz - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2007
This report examines current trends in the U.S. grain industry. Many identity preservation(IP) grain systems have emerged recently, driven by a confluence of supply and demand factors. IP grain requirements for specific production protocols, marketing channels, and quality assurance depend on...
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Introduction of New Food Products With Voluntary Health- and Nutrition-Related Claims, 1989-2010
Martinez, Stephen W. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2013
This study tracks food products introduced from 1989 to 2010 to better understand the adoption of voluntary health- and nutrition-related claims by companies. New food products introduced with health- and nutrition-related claims accounted for 43.1 percent of all new U.S. food product...
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Food Assistance Landscape FY 2013 Annual Report
Oliveira, Victor - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2014
This report uses preliminary administrative data from USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), the agency responsible for managing the programs, to examine trends in the food and nutrition assistance programs through fi scal 2013 (October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013). The report uses ERS...
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Food Consumption, Prices, and Expenditures, 1962-82
Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1983
This bulletin ,presents 1962-82 data on per capita food consumption, prices, nutrient availability,food expenditures and marketing costs, and U.S. income and population. Retail food prices in 1982 rose 4.0 percent, aggregate food consumption fell 0.4 percent, and personal food, consumption...
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Production of Manufactured Dairy Products, 1949
Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1950
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Food Grain Statistics Through 1967: Wheat, Rye, Rice, Flour, by Products
Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1968
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Milk: Final Estimates 1988-92
Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1995
This publication presents final milk production estimates made by the Agricultural Statistics Board for the period 1988-92 including some revisions. The report continues the official series published in Statistical Bulletin No. 802 issued February 1990. This series includes monthly and quarterly...
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Food Consumption, Pr
Punam, Judith Jones - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1990
This report presents historical data on food consumption, prices, and expenditures, and U. S. income. and popu1at.ion. A retail price-weighted quantity index put the 1988 per capita food supply up 10 percent from 1967, as consumption of crop-derived foods outpaced consumption of foods from...
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