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Article: HEARING IN D.C. Cheese exchange study ripped Congressmen, Kraft officials say UW report has serious flaws
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- May 16, 1996
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During an occasionally bitter congressional hearing Wednesday,
lawmakers and industry officials attacked a University of Wisconsin
study that suggested Kraft Foods Inc. has manipulated national dairy
prices through Green Bay's National Cheese Exchange.
"It bothers me a little bit that you pick on Kraft, Kraft, Kraft,"
said Rep. Thomas Ewing (R-Ill.). "There are other members of the
exchange."
Kraft, based in Northfield, Ill., is a subsidiary of Philip
Morris Cos.
Prepared for the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and
Consumer Protection, the study found that Kraft dominated the cheese
exchange, making 74% of all sales from 1988 through 1992.
The study, released in March, said ...