Jennifer Spencer has worked with the Meat and Livestock Commission in Milton Keynes, UK for nearly 25 years. From 1983 to 1988 she was their EEC Liaison officer, dividing her time between the UK and Brussels and involved in assessing the impact of the Common Agricultural Policy on the Meat Industry. From 1988 to 1993 she was Principal Economist, writing extensively for in-house publications and trade journals. For the last eight years she has been the manager of the MLC's Economics Services, transforming it from an industry-funded activity to one that is now run on a commercial basis. In this role she leads the development and operation of market information systems and has co-authored and edited numerous specialist reports on the UK and international meat industries.