Jean C. Buzby
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Agricultural Economist
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Briefly:Jean C. Buzby is an economist in the Diet, Safety, and Health Economics Branch, Food Economics Division.
Background:Jean has worked either directly or indirectly for ERS for 20 years. Her primary area of work at ERS is food safety research. Within this area, her research has included estimating the costs of foodborne illness, analyzing the legal incentives for firms to produce safer food, and exploring international trade and food safety issues. Current research topics include food loss, food and food packaging applications of nanotechnology, and food import refusals.
Education:Jean received her Ph.D. and M.S. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Kentucky. She received a B.S. from the Pennsylvania State University.
Selected Publications:Buzby, Jean C., Hodan Farah Wells, and Gary Vocke.
Possible Implications for U.S. Agriculture from Adoption of Select Dietary Guidelines, USDA, ERS, ERR-31, November 2006.
Buzby, Jean C., Hodan Farah Wells, and Gary Vocke. Will 2005 Be the Year of the Whole Grain? USDA, ERS, Amber Waves, June 2005.
Buzby, Jean C. and Guthrie, Joanne. The USDA Fruit and Vegetable Pilot Program Evaluation. USDA, ERS, AIB792-6, November 2004.
Buzby, Jean C. and Mitchell, Lorraine. Food Safety and International Trade: Theoretical Issues. USDA, ERS, AIB789-2, February 2004.
Buzby, Jean C. and Unnevehr, Laurian. Food Safety and International Trade. USDA, ERS, AIB789-1, February 2004.
Mathews, Kenneth Jr., Bernstein, Jason, and Buzby, Jean C. Food Safety Issues for Meat/Poultry Products and International Trade USDA, ERS, AIB789-4, February 2004.
Allshouse, Jane, Buzby, Jean C., Harvey, David, and Zorn, David. Seafood Safety and Trade. USDA, ERS, AIB789-7, February 2004.
Buzby, Jean C., ed. International Trade and Food Safety: Economic Theory and Case Studies, USDA, ERS, AER-828, November 2003.
Ralston, Katherine, Buzby, Jean C., and Guthrie, Joanne. Food Assistance Research Brief—A Healthy School Meal Environment USDA, ERS, FANRR34-5, July 2003.
Buzby, Jean C., Joanne F. Guthrie, and Linda S. Kantor. Evaluation of the USDA Fruit and Vegetable Pilot Program: Report to Congress, USDA, ERS, E-FAN-03-006, May 2003.
Buzby, Jean C., and Joanne F. Guthrie. Plate Waste in School Nutrition Programs: Final Report to Congress, USDA, ERS, E-FAN-02-009, March 2002.
Buzby, Jean C., Paul D. Frenzen, and Barbara Rasco. "Jury Decisions and Awards in Personal Injury Lawsuits Involving Foodborne Pathogens," The Journal of Consumer Affairs 36 (2): 220-38, Winter 2002.
Buzby, Jean C., Paul D. Frenzen, and Barbara Rasco. Product Liability and Microbial Foodborne Illness, USDA, ERS, AER-799, April 2001.
Buzby, Jean C., and Paul D. Frenzen. "Food Safety and Product Liability," Food Policy 24 (6):637-51, December 1999.
McDonald, James, Kuchler, Fred, Buzby, Jean C., Lee, Fitzroy, and Aldrich, Lorna. User-Fee Financing of USDA Meat and Poultry Inspection USDA, ERS, AER775, March 1999.
Buzby, Jean C., John A. Fox, Richard C. Ready, and Stephen R. Crutchfield. "Measuring Consumer Benefits of Food Safety Risk Reductions," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 30 (1): 69-82, July 1998.
Buzby, Jean C., Ban M. Allos, and Tanya Roberts. "Economic Burden of C. jejuni-induced GBS," The Journal of Infectious Diseases 176 (2): S192-7, 1997.
Buzby, Jean C., Tanya Roberts, and B.M. Allos. Estimated Annual Costs of Campylobacter-Associated Guillain-Barré Syndrome, USDA, ERS, AER-756, July 1997.
Buzby, Jean C., Tanya Roberts, C.T.J. Lin, and Jim M. MacDonald. Bacterial Foodborne Disease: Medical Costs and Productivity Losses, USDA, ERS, AER-741, August 1996.