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Using Historical Information to Identify Consumer Concerns About Food Safety
Payson, Steven - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1994
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010921957
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Indonesia's Modern Retail Food Sector: Interaction With Changing Food Consumption and Trade Patterns
Dyck, John H.; Woolverton, Andrea E.; Rangkuti, Fahwani … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2012
Indonesia’s food market has changed in response to a changing and growing economy. The report examines changes in the food consumption pattern and measures the growth of modern food retail chains, packaged food purchases, and food imports in the world’s fourth-most-populous country. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010909502
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The Estimated Amount, Value, and Calories of Postharvest Food Losses at the Retail and Consumer Levels in the United States
Buzby, Jean C.; Farah-Wells, Hodan; Hyman, Jeffrey - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2014
uneaten. The top three food groups in terms of share of total value of food loss are meat, poultry, and fish (30 percent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011082848
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FOOD SAFETY INNOVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: EVIDENCE FROM THE MEAT INDUSTRY
Golan, Elise H.; Roberts, Tanya; Salay, Elisabete; … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2004
Recent industry innovations improving the safety of the Nation's meat supply range from new pathogen tests, high … incentives that motivate private firms to invest in innovation seem to be fairly weak. Results from an ERS survey of U.S. meat … and poultry slaughter and processing plants and two case studies of innovation in the U.S. beef industry reveal that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005801598
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Dietary Assessment of Major Trends in U.S. Food Consumption, 1970-2005
Wells, Hodan Farah; Buzby, Jean C. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2008
This report examines major trends in the amount of food available for consumption in the United States between 1970 and 2005 using data from the ERS Food Availability (Per Capita) Data System. The report also estimates whether Americans are meeting Federal dietary recommendations for each of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519033
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Comparison of the 2,6-Dichlorophenolindophenol and 2,4-Dinitrophenylhydrazine Methods with the Crampton Bioassay for Determining Vitamin C Values in Foods
Hewston, Elizabeth M.; Fischer, Murray; Orent-Keiles, Elsa - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1951
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010882632
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Measuring the Economywide Effect of the Farm Sector
Edmondson, William; Petrulis, Mindy; Somwaru, Agapi - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010882670
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Effects of Household Socioeconomic Features on Dairy Purchases
Blaylock, James R.; Smallwood, David M. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1983
Higher income households likely spend less per person on whole and canned milk than do lower income households, but more on most other dairy products, according to this technical analysis of the effect of household socioeconomic features on dairy purchases. For example, a 10-percent increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010882732
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U.S. Demand for Food: Household Expenditures, Demographics, and Projections
Blaylock, James R.; Smallwood, David M. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1986
Higher income households spend more per person on most food groups, especially beef, fish, cheese, vegetables, butter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010882774
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Are Healthy Foods Really More Expensive? It Depends on How You Measure the Price
Carlson, Andrea; Frazao, Elizabeth - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2012
Most Americans consume diets that do not meet Federal dietary recommendations. A common explanation is that healthier foods are more expensive than less healthy foods. To investigate this assumption, the authors compare prices of healthy and less healthy foods using three different price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010909504