The USDA ERS collaborated with the University of Massachusetts to complete this research.  As a Research Assistant, Nicole B. Morin assessed economic impacts of the Food Safety Modernization Act proposed Produce Rule and Preventative Controls Rule on the domestic produce industry.  She used several crops as case studies for a qualitative analysis of the supply chains and to determine where along these chains the rules and their exemptions were likely to apply.  By compiling yield, acreage, and sales value data, all segmented by state and produce type, she was able to quantify compliance and exemption rates.  These case study results serve as an indicator of the expected impacts across the domestic produce industry.