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O. Mickelsen and D. D. Makdani, Proceedings of the National Conference on Wheat Utilisation Research, ARS-NC-40, Agricultural Research Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 1975. 

W. G. Heid, U.S. Wheat Industy, Agricultural Economics Report No. 432, U.S. Department of Agricultural Economics, Statistics and Cooperative Service, Washington, D.C., 1979. 

N. W. Childs, "The Changing Role of the United States in the World Rice Market," in U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rice Situation and Outlook Yearbook, Economic Research Service, RS-55, Washington, D.C., 1989. 

The U.S. Food and Dmg Administration regulates acetal resins intended for repeated contact with food. The FDA regulation for homopolymer is 21CFR 177.2480 and that for copolymer is 21CFR 177.2470. The U.S. Department of Agriculture regulates the use of acetal resins in contact with meat and poultry. 

Caffeine. About 3% by weight of the roasted coffee bean is caffeine (16). The second U.S. Department of Agriculture world coffee crop estimate for 1988—1989 was 4.24 x 10 kg (93.3 million 100-lb bags) (102). World coffee consumption was predicted to rise in the foreseeable future at the rate of 1—2% per year and thus the total amount of caffeine and related alkaloids ingested from this source can also be expected to increase. Caffeine and related bases (eg, theophylline) are also found in various teas but, because most of the major producers (India, China, etc) export relatively Htfle of thek crops and keep most for domestic consumption, accurate figures on year-to-year production are more difficult to obtain. Nevertheless, these crops are of significant economic import (103). 

In the United States, novel food ingredients or food ingredients produced by novel processes must be cleared by the FDA. In the case of meat and poultry, novel ingredients must also be cleared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). 

Mention of a trademark or proprietary product is for identification only and does not imply a warranty or guarantee of the product by the U.S. Department of Agriculture over other products which may also be suitable. 

R. Kat2en Associates, Chemicals from Wood Wastes, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wise., Dec. 14,1975. 

Names are necessary to report factually on available data however, the U.S. Department of Agriculture neither guarantees nor warrants the standard of the product, and the use of the name by the U.S. Department of Agriculture imphes no approval of the product to the exclusion of others that may also be suitable. 

Each segment of the insulated wire and cable industry has its own set of standards, and cables are built to conform to specifications provided by a large variety of technical associations such as The Institute of Electrical Electronic Engineers (IEEE), The Insulated Cable Engineers Association, (ICEA), National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), Underwriters Laboratories (UL), Rural Electrification Administration of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (REA), Association of Edison Illumination Companies (AEIC), MiUtary Specifications of the Department of Defense (MIL), American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), National Electrical Code (NEC), etc. 

Independent of these centers, the FDA also has overlapping jurisdiction with several other federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms the Federal Trade Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency. 

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