New Survey Results Highlight Variation in Food Safety Practices Prior to the Produce Rule

Gregory Astill, Travis Minor, Linda Calvin and Suzanne Thornsbury

Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2018, vol. August 2018, issue 07

Abstract: The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011 included a new Produce Rule that sets specific disease-preventive requirements for produce that is consumed raw in the United States. ERS researchers conducted a survey of produce growers prior to implementation of the Produce Rule to highlight variation in food safety practices.

Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.302643

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