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The puzzle of the missing meat: Food away from home and China's meat statistics

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Xiao, H.
Chen, Q.
Wang, J.
Oxley, Leslie
Ma, H.
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2015
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Xiao, H. and Chen, Q. and Wang, J. and Oxley, L. and Ma, H. 2015. The puzzle of the missing meat: Food away from home and China's meat statistics. Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 14 (6): pp. 1033-1044.
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Journal of Integrative Agriculture
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© 2015 Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. From 1985, an increasing gap has emerged between the official statistical measures of meat production and meat consumption in China, which has raised concerns from many researchers using such data. In this paper we report the results of 428 observations (survey of 107 urban and rural households×4 quarters) from 7 provinces conducted in 2010, and compare them with the official statistical data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBSC). We conclude that the main reason for the discrepancy is due to the underreporting of consumption, which is due mainly to the omission of consumption away from home.