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From "Farm to Table": Microbiological Foodborne Illness and the Regulation of the Beef Industry.
Huur, Melind M.  April 27, 2004
www.leda.law.harvard.edu/leda/data/634/Hurr_redacted.html

This paper basically explains the regulations in place to oversee the beef industry.  It explores the different processes and practices used in the production and distribution of the meat that is availble to consumers.
Ms. Hurr also goes on discuss the pathgens and illnesses and their conseguences when regulations fail or most notably are not enforced.  She also probes the costs of thses illnesses to both the consumer and the businesses involved.She then explores the steps that different agancies have taken to rectify the situation as she cites their failures as well as successes.  In the final part of her paper she explores what the government and these agencies can do to futher improve on the quality of meat processing and distribution.





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