Staff Biographical Page: Jean Buzby

Briefly

Jean C. Buzby is a senior economist in the Diet, Safety, and Health Economics Branch.

Background

For over a decade, Dr. Buzby’s primary area of work at ERS has been food safety research. Within this area, her research has included estimating the benefits of reduced microbial food safety risks, analyzing the legal incentives for firms to produce safer food, and exploring international food safety issues. Her main area of responsibility is overseeing the per capita food consumption data system, its analysis, and its presentation on the ERS website. This data system contains data on the amounts of several hundred foods available for human consumption in the United States and the data extends back to 1909 for most commodities. It is one of the most popular data product on the ERS website and is useful for analyzing food consumption trends.

Education

She 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.

Publications

ERS publications by this author

Buzby, J.C., Editor. International Trade and Food Safety: Economic Theory and Case Studies, USDA, Economic Research Service, AER-828, November 2003.

Buzby, J.C., J.F. Guthrie, and L.S. Kantor. Evaluation of the USDA Fruit and Vegetable Pilot Program: Report to Congress, USDA, Economic Research Service, E-FAN No. 03-006, May 2003, 24 pp.

Buzby, J.C., and J.F. Guthrie. Plate Waste in School Nutrition Programs: Final Report to Congress, USDA, Economic Research Service, E-FAN No. 02-009, March 2002, 21 pp.

Buzby, J.C., P.D. Frenzen, and B. Rasco. "Jury Decisions and Awards in Personal Injury Lawsuits Involving Foodborne Pathogens." The Journal of Consumer Affairs, 36,2, (Winter 2002):220-238.

Buzby, Jean C., Paul D. Frenzen, and Barbara Rasco. Product Liability and Microbial Foodborne Illness, USDA, Economic Research Service, AER 799, April 2001.

Buzby, J.C., and P. Frenzen. "Food Safety and Product Liability," Food Policy, 24,6, (December 1999):637-651.

Buzby, J.C., J.A. Fox, R.C. Ready, and S.R. Crutchfield. Measuring Consumer Benefits of Food Safety Risk Reductions, Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 30,1, (July 1998):69-82.

Buzby, J.C., B.M. Allos, and T. Roberts. "Economic Burden of C. jejuni-induced GBS," The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 176, Suppl. 2, (1997):S192-7.

Buzby, J.C., T. Roberts, and B.M. Allos. Estimated Annual Costs of Campylobacter-Associated Guillain-Barré Syndrome, USDA, Economic Research Service, AER-756, July 1997.

Buzby, J.C., T. Roberts, C.T.J. Lin, and J.M. MacDonald. Bacterial Foodborne Disease: Medical Costs and Productivity Losses, USDA, Economic Research Service, AER-741, August 1996.