Quality of U.S. Agricultural Products

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January 23, 1996
Task Force Report

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62300/c1fge421

Task Force Chairs

Lowell D. Hill

Department ofAgricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois

Authors

Paul Aho

Poultry Perspective

Thomas H. Applewhite

Austin, Texas

Keith E. Belk

Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University

H. Russell Cross

Institute of Food Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University

Lawrence A. Duewer

Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Steven S. Duncan

Overland Park, Kansas

Wojciech J. Florkowski

Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Georgia

Randal P. Garrett

Keystone Foods Corporation

Eluned C. Jones

Department of Agricultural Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Donald E. Koeltzow

Chief, Research and Development Branch, Federal Grain Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

J. E. Legates

Department of Animal Science, North Carolina State University

Richard T. Lovell

Department of Fisheries and Allied Agriculture, College of Agriculture, Auburn University

Neal P. Martin

Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota

Kenneth E. Nelson

Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

John P. Nichols

Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University

Stephen G. Sapp

Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Iowa State University

James L. Vetter

American Institute of Baking

Eric J. Wailes

Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, University of Arkansas

Abstract

Accurate assessment of the quality of agricultural products is essential in today's rapidly globalizing economy. A few changes in policies and regulations related to the quality of agricultural products could increase access to U.S. export and domestic markets.

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