Future Developments in the Food Industry and Their Implications for the Federal Trade Commission

摘要

The paper presents the results of a modest experimental project whose purpose was to: Develop forecasts of future developments in the food industry that are relevant to FTC's interests; define related strategic implications for the Commission; evaluate the value of such an approach for FTC management and define for the Commission any appropriate next steps. Individual chapters contained in the report outline the following: (1) The major future developments within the food industry itself; (2) Writer's analysis and conclusions about how these developments within the food industry will affect the FTC; (3) Evaluation of the relevance of this approach for FTC management needs and recommendations for next steps; (4) The more or less generalized aspects of national and international developments which writer believes will have a major impact upon the future of the food industry; and (5) An appendix containing selected statistical and other data which describes general food industry trends.