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Drained‐Weight Labeling for Meat and Poultry: An Economic Analysis of a Regulatory Proposal
Author(s) -
SEXAUER BENJAMIN
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of consumer affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1745-6606
pISSN - 0022-0078
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6606.1980.tb00672.x
Subject(s) - product (mathematics) , poultry meat , agriculture , business , food labeling , agricultural economics , agricultural science , marketing , economics , food science , biology , mathematics , ecology , geometry
In December 1977, the Department of Agriculture proposed controversial new drained‐weight labeling regulations for meat and poultry products. Consumer groups for the proposal and producer groups against it made strongly worded, but largely unsupported statements about its impact. This paper attempts to clarify the basic issues. It examines the impact of drained‐weight labeling on product price and the effect on producers and consumers, assuming both a static and a dynamic setting.