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Consumer protection legislation and the U.S. food industry
- Title
- Consumer protection legislation and the U.S. food industry / Melvin J. Hinich, Richard Staelin.
- Author
- Hinich, Melvin J.
- Publication
- New York : Pergamon Press, ©1980.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | KF3875 .H56 1980 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Staelin, Richard, 1939-
- Description
- x, 134 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- Abstract: The rationale behind food regulation, the methodsused in regulation, the principal agencies involved, and the nature of the benefits and costs that result fromregulatory action, are presented for students interested inthe study of food quality regulation. Issues and factsneeded to understand the US regulatory system arehighlighted. A theory of food regulation is presented,together with an outline of the structure and methods of the US federal regulatory agencies. This theory, which employsthe basic precepts of microeconomics, is laid out innon-mathematical prose. Regulatory mechanisms of the FDA,FTC, and USDA are described. Conflicts between federal,state, and local food regulations are discussed. (wz).
- Series Statement
- Pergamon policy studies on business
- Uniform Title
- Pergamon policy studies on business
- Subject
- Food law and legislation > United States
- Consumer protection > Law and legislation > United States
- Food law and legislation > Economic aspects > United States
- Food law and legislation
- Legislation, Food > economics
- Legislation, Food
- Consumer protection > Law and legislation
- Food law and legislation > Economic aspects
- Verbraucherschutz
- United States
- USA
- USA
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: ch. One Edict -- ch. Two In the Beginning -- ch. Three Baby Boom -- ch. Four House with the Broken Two -- ch. Five My Mother's Gravy -- ch. Six Beatles and Boyfriends -- ch. Seven Unwed, Not Dead -- ch. Eight Three Years -- ch. Nine Motherhood and Me -- ch. Ten Three Funerals -- ch. Eleven Questions without Answers -- ch. Twelve Long Labour -- ch. Thirteen Birthmother.
- ISBN
- 0080250939
- 9780080250939
- LCCN
- 80016764
- OCLC
- ocm06379355
- 6379355
- SCSB-9010996
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library