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Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) is celebrating its 20th birthday this year. Since its inception, OCM’s mission statement has included the following statement, “True competition reduces the need for economic regulation. Our mission, and our duty, is to define and advocate the proper role of government in the agricultural economy as a regulator and enforcer of rules necessary for markets that are fair, honest, accessible and competitive for all citizens.” OCM has always understood that to secure our Read More ...]]> 4389 https://competitivemarkets.com/usda-inc-jbs-is-the-latest-in-scandalous-job-swapping-between-government-and-meat-industry/ https://competitivemarkets.com/usda-inc-jbs-is-the-latest-in-scandalous-job-swapping-between-government-and-meat-industry/#comments Fri, 04 Aug 2017 12:44:04 +0000 http://competitivemarkets.com/?p=4054

At the Organization for Competitive Markets annual conference in 2004, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) was dubbed USDA, Inc. because of the revolving door between the meat industry and USDA. In the research that was released at the conference, Phillip Matara outlined the problems created when meat industry leaders are leading the very agency that is supposed to be safeguarding farmers and consumers from the meat industry’s abusive practices. 15 years later the door is still revolving. Read More ...]]> https://competitivemarkets.com/usda-inc-jbs-is-the-latest-in-scandalous-job-swapping-between-government-and-meat-industry/feed/ 2 4054