Exit of Meat Slaughter Plants during Implementation of the PR/HACCP Regulations

Exit of Meat Slaughter Plants during Implementation of the PR/HACCP Regulations

Blog Article

Implementation of the Pathogen Reduction and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (PR/HACCP) regulations has occurred across aptamil allerpro all U.S.meat and poultry plants.A probit model is estimated to determine which factors have affected the probability of red meat slaughter plant exit during implementation of the regulations.While controlling for plant-level, company-level, regional-level, and supply conditions that may affect the probability of plant exit, smaller plants are found to exhibit a much greater probability of exit than larger plants.

Other factors affecting plant exit include plant age, market share relative to the degree of market 3m speedglas 9002nc concentration, regional entry rates, and state-level wage rates.