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Abstract
A hypothetical choice experiment was conducted to determine consumers’ willingness to pay
for three verified production practice attributes (pasture access, antibiotic use, and individual
crates/stalls) in smoked ham and ham lunchmeat. These attributes were verified by the USDA
Process Verified Program (PVP), a retailer, or the pork industry. Willingness to pay for verified
attributes varied across attributes and verifying entity for both products. Consumers were willing
to pay the most for attributes verified by the USDA-PVP. No statistical differences, relative to the
product price level, were found across products for the same attribute-verifier combination.