Food and Commodities: Federal Purchases and Major Regulations That Potentially Affect Prices Paid
RCED-00-173R
Published: Jun 15, 2000. Publicly Released: Jul 17, 2000.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the federal government's food and commodity purchases, focusing on: (1) details about federal agencies' purchases of food and agricultural commodities from fiscal year (FY) 1997 through FY 1999; and (2) information on major regulations that may affect the prices paid by these agencies for these products.
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Agricultural productsCost effectiveness analysisFederal procurementFederal regulationsFood supplyPrices and pricingAgricultural commoditiesGrain and grain productsFoodCommodities