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- International political implementations of commodity policy
- This report presents International political implementations of commodity policy which can stabilize prices and assure supply to the benefit of both producer and consumer.
- The Budget for Fiscal Year 2008
- This report discusses the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) FY2009 budget request of $2.676 billion that would provide a 17.9% increase ($406 million) over FY2008. It includes an overview and breakdowns for specific programs: Foods Program, Human Drugs Program, Biologics program, Animal Drugs and Feed Program, and the Devices and Radiological Health Program.
- Consumers and Food Price Inflation
- This report focuses instead on the nature and measurement of retail food price inflation and its relationship to consumers.
- Consumers and Food Price Inflation
- The heightened commodity price volatility of 2008 and the subsequent acceleration in U.S. food price inflation raised concerns and generated many questions about farm and food price movements by Members of Congress and their constituents. This report responds to those concerns by addressing the nature and measurement of retail food price inflation.
- The Target and Other Financial Data Breaches: Frequently Asked Questions
- This report answers some frequently asked questions about the Target and selected other data breaches, including what is known to have happened in the breach, and what costs may result. It also examines some of the broader issues common to data breaches, including how the payment system works, how cybersecurity costs are shared and allocated within the payment system, who bears the losses in such breaches more generally, what emerging cybersecurity technologies may help prevent them, and what role the government could play in encouraging their adoption. The report addresses policy issues that were discussed in the 113th Congress to deal with these issues.
- Importing Prescription Drugs: Objectives, Options, and Outlook
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- Products Liability: A Legal Overview
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- Tobacco Advertising: The Constitutionality of Limiting its Tax Deductibility
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