Nationwide adoption of the California solids standards for fluid milk products: issues and impacts
1984
Boynton, R. | Fallert, R.
Extract: Nationwide adoption of standards similar to the current Californaia standards for fluid milk products would result in increased retail prices for fluid milk products of about 3.5 cents per half gallon (3 percent). The change in standards would generally increase the nutrient content of milk and have positive nutritional benefits for most Americans. The new standards could cause problems for groups with special dietary concerns and would cost an estimated $5.9 million annually to effectively enforce. Adoption of higher standards could result in somewhat increased sales of butterfat and solids-not-fat in fluid milk products but the magnitude is unclear. In addition, the new standards likely would result in only a small reduction in purchases of dairy products by the Government in surplus periods. While there appear to be some sound arguments both for and against raising the solids standards for fluid milk products nationwide, there still are many unsolved issues.
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