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Food Quality: Safety, Nutrition, And Labeling, Julie Caswell
Food Quality: Safety, Nutrition, And Labeling, Julie Caswell
Julie Caswell
This paper discussed food quality issues associated with both food safety and food nutritional content. Policy approaches to satisfying consumer demands for safe, nutritious food are described from administrative as well as economic perspectives. Current priority issues include instituting better ways of reducing risks from microbial pathogens, from agricultural chemical residues, and on the nutritional front enhancing the nutritional profile of consumers' diets. Nutrition labeling changes have been achieved. Thus, dietary change must be attained primarily through effective means of enhancing nutritional knowledge, changing attitudes and, ultimately, behavior. The paper concludes by considering the development of the next agricultural/food legislation …
Creating Successful Partnerships In Export Promotion, John R. Mullin, Zenia Kotval, Maureen Moriarty
Creating Successful Partnerships In Export Promotion, John R. Mullin, Zenia Kotval, Maureen Moriarty
John R. Mullin
Until recently, many small firms had little or no interest in exporting as the complexities of working within the international marketplace proved to be a deterrent for many of these companies. However, the steady erosion of the U.S. share of total world exports during the 1960's and 1970's has been important not only from a statistical point of view, but from its impact on the national economy. According to the Department of Commerce, it is estimated that an additional one billion dollars of the trade activity creates close to 40,000 jobs and generates 400 million dollars in State and Federal …