Meat Slaughter and Processing Plants’ Traceability Levels Evidence From Iowa

Table 3. Part II. Select variables to be constructed from responses to the traceability
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X9	Branded product	Dummy variable which takes value of 1 for the corresponding category and 0 otherwise. Categories could be constructed based on the share of branded products within total annual sales.
X10	Plant ownership	Dummy variable which takes value of 1 for the corresponding category and 0 otherwise. Categories could be constructed based on the type of ownership such as if it is independently owned and operated or a branch of corporate company, etc.
X11	Contracting supplier	Dummy variable which takes value of 1 for the corresponding category and 0 otherwise. Categories could be constructed based on the percentage of inputs (live animal/fresh meat) procured using forward contracting or marketing agreements versus cash/spot market.
X12	Contracting customer	Dummy variable which takes value of 1 for the corresponding category and 0 otherwise. Categories could be constructed based on the percentage of sales made using forward contracting or marketing agreements versus cash/spot market.
X13	Customer type	Dummy variable which takes value of 1 for the corresponding category and 0 otherwise. Categories could be constructed based on the percentage of sales coming from restaurants, retailers, wholesalers, etc.
X14	Food safety efforts	Dummy variable which takes value of 1 if plant does tests over and above than what is required in Pathogen Reduction/HACCP Rule.
X15	Product riskiness	Dummy variable which takes value of 1 for the corresponding category and 0 otherwise. Categories could be constructed based on the percentages of meat products with differing food safety risk within the total annual production.
X16	Insurance	Dummy variable which takes value of 1 if plant carry insurance against product recalls and 0 otherwise.
X17	Quality assurances by plant	Dummy variable which takes value of 1 if plant has a quality assurance system (such as QSA, PVP, ISO 9000, etc.) in place and 0 otherwise.
X18	Quality assurances by supplier	Dummy variable which takes value of 1 if plant’s suppliers have a quality assurance system (such as QSA, PVP, ISO 9000, etc.) in place and 0 otherwise.___________________________________________

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