Pork Quality and the Role of Market Organization

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英文名称：

Pork Quality and the Role of Market Organization

作者：

Stephen Martinez; Kelly Zering

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=41696

关键词：

contracts;  transaction costs;  measuring technology;  measuring costs;  pork;  quality;  leanness;  safety;  carcass pricing;  vertical integration; 

年份：

2004

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

51 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

This study addresses changes in the organization of the U.S. pork industry, most notably marketing contracts between packers and producers, by exploring their function in addressing pork quality concerns. A number of developments brought quality concerns to the forefront. These include health concerns and corresponding preferences for lean pork, growing incidence of undesirable quality attributes (e.g., pale, soft, and exudative (PSE) meat, a result of breeding for leanness), heightened concerns over food safety and related regulatory programs, and expansion into global markets. Organizational arrangements can facilitate industry efforts to address pork quality needs by reducing measuring costs, controlling quality attributes that are difficult to measure, facilitating adaptations to changing quality standards, and reducing transaction costs associated with relationship-specific investments in branding programs.