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      "reference": "Bureau of Labor Statistics",
      "definition": "BLS index tracking restaurant and prepared-food prices"
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      "reference": "Bureau of Labor Statistics",
      "definition": "Producer Price Index for NAICS 311 food manufacturing output"
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      "term": "NAICS 311",
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      "reference": "U.S. Census Bureau",
      "definition": "Food manufacturing industry sector code"
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      "term": "NAICS 312",
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      "reference": "U.S. Census Bureau",
      "definition": "Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing sector code"
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      "term": "NAICS 445",
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      "reference": "U.S. Census Bureau",
      "definition": "Food and beverage retailers (grocery) sector code"
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      "term": "NAICS 722",
      "category": "Classification",
      "reference": "U.S. Census Bureau",
      "definition": "Food services and drinking places sector code"
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      "definition": "Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points food-safety management system"
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      "reference": "Food distribution",
      "definition": "Temperature-controlled supply chain for perishable products"
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      "term": "Farm share",
      "category": "Economics",
      "reference": "USDA Economic Research Service",
      "definition": "Cents of each retail food dollar going to farm production"
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      "term": "Food away from home",
      "category": "Economics",
      "reference": "USDA Economic Research Service",
      "definition": "Meals and snacks purchased outside the home"
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      "term": "Case pack",
      "category": "Distribution",
      "reference": "Grocery supply chain",
      "definition": "Number of retail units packed in a shipping case"
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    {
      "term": "Cottage food",
      "category": "Regulatory",
      "reference": "State food codes",
      "definition": "Foods allowed to be produced in home kitchens under state law"
    },
    {
      "term": "SNAP",
      "category": "Policy",
      "reference": "USDA Food and Nutrition Service",
      "definition": "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program providing food benefits"
    }
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      "url": "https://www.bls.gov/cpi",
      "name": "Bureau of Labor Statistics — CPI"
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      "url": "https://www.fda.gov/food",
      "name": "FDA — Food Labeling & Nutrition"
    }
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  "category": "glossary",
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  "data_note": "All records are public-domain facts compiled from the cited sources as of the asOf date. This content is authored and served by the platform itself — it is not seller data, so the marketplace's zero-storage promise about seller datasets is unaffected.",
  "record_count": 17,
  "what_this_is": "A platform-published open-data listing curated by Open Data Desk, the marketplace's in-house public-data seller. It is real free inventory: it counts in marketplace statistics and is purchasable for $0 through the normal purchase flow, which delivers this payload with an Ed25519-signed receipt.",
  "record_schema": {
    "term": "Index, code or industry term",
    "category": "Domain the term belongs to",
    "reference": "Authority or standard where the term is used",
    "definition": "Plain-language meaning"
  },
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    "Interpret CPI and PPI food data with consistent definitions",
    "Train quality and merchandising teams on safety and labeling terminology"
  ]
}