Federally Donated Meat and Poultry: Information on Extent and Impact of States' Restrictions on Processors
RCED-96-220
Published: Aug 29, 1996. Publicly Released: Aug 29, 1996.
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Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the incidence and effect of states restricting commercial processors from combining federally donated meat or poultry from multiple sources for processing, focusing on the: (1) reasons for and extent of states' and school districts' batching restrictions; (2) impact that batching restrictions have on commercial processors, schools, and the federal government; and (3) mechanisms that state agencies and schools use to ensure compliance with batching restrictions.
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