And I share your pessimism about the outsize influence
of food lobbies.
Not exact matches
The well - funded dairy
lobby spends a great deal
of money (an estimated $ 80 to $ 100 million each year — ironically paid for by the higher prices consumers pay), persuading federal and provincial politicians that supply management «protects the family farm,» «ensures
food security» and that, because these farmers are so numerous, doing anything to upset them would be political suicide.
Lobby in and
of itself is not a bad word by the way, you can have a
lobby for something as innocuous as natural
food.
Back up in my room, I showered, dressed, and headed down to the
lobby in search
of food.
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In addition to freshening up its
food and beverage offerings, Hotel RL launched The Living Stage in the midst
of their open concept
lobby spaces.
The strength
of the European
food industry's opposition to the traffic - light system is illustrated by the volume
of scientific reports produced by
food industry bodies in Europe and the intensive
lobbying of EU parliamentarians around the time
of the vote.
However, FoodDrinkEurope, the
lobby that represents the interests
of food manufacturers, slammed the Commission for putting «the cart before the horse».
After taking in the
lobby's preserved mahogany pews and framed hymnals, take a seat at Rake's Progress, where James Beard winner Spike Gjerde
of Woodberry Kitchen unites Southern
food with mid-Atlantic ingredients.
1in133.org and all
of its supporters in the gluten free community successfully
lobbied the FDA to take up the issue
of gluten - free
food labeling regulations in 2011.
But after a year
of heavy
lobbying by the
food industry, state and federal governments are avoiding Blewett's recommendations like the plague.
In the absence
of clear imported
food labelling requirements in Australia, Australian Organic Ltd has
lobbied for truth in labelling for years, including a submission to the Council
of Australian Governments» (COAG) review
of food labelling law and policy, headed by Dr Neal Blewett, in 2009.
If you prefer to eat real
food instead of chemically - altered versions of real food, it's probably a good idea NOT to listen to government agencies influenced by «Big Food» lobbying gro
food instead
of chemically - altered versions
of real
food, it's probably a good idea NOT to listen to government agencies influenced by «Big Food» lobbying gro
food, it's probably a good idea NOT to listen to government agencies influenced by «Big
Food» lobbying gro
Food»
lobbying groups.
He will oversee the financial and managerial operations as well as the execution
of the hotel's newly launched
food and beverage outlets including full - service restaurant, Letterpress; marketplace, Citrus28;
lobby bar, Sunnies; poolside restaurant, Shades; in - room dining for 1,011 rooms, and catering for the property's extensive 92,000 square feet
of meetings and events spaces.
The assistant health minister's chief
of staff, Alastair Furnival, who intervened to pull down a healthy
food rating website, has an interest in his wife's
lobbying firm, which acts for Cadbury's parent company.
Read a sample
of e-mails sent to MEPs by lobbyists High time for CIAA to come clean on its
lobbying CIAA's $ 1 - billion campaign to promote the GDA labelling system was clearly a key element in its political strategy to combat other, stricter labelling options which it feared would damage sales
of unhealthy
food, such as the «traffic light» system.
The chief
of staff, Alastair Furnival, resigned on Friday after being embroiled in allegations
of conflict
of interest over links with a firm
lobbying for the junk
food industry.
But Gustavo Arellano, a member
of the selection committee and author
of Taco USA: How Mexican
Food Conquered America, loves these burritos — so much, he says, that he felt they were too personal a choice to
lobby for.
As these regulations were hammered out, nothing was more disheartening than watching as our elected representatives — from both parties, by the way — cave in like cheap suitcases in the face
of Big
Food's
lobbying efforts.
There have been some attempts to redesign the
food pyramid to improve this problem, but several
lobbying organizations always get involved in the process, which limits the influence
of these efforts.
Some
food activists saw the hand
of the agricultural
lobby behind USDA's initial suspension
of the caps, and it's true that legislators from beef and grain producing states were in support
of making this rule change permanent.
The SNA doesn't
lobby for relaxing school
food regulations because they're in the pocket of Big F
food regulations because they're in the pocket
of Big
FoodFood.
And despite years
of lobbying by the School Nutrition Association, Perdue made no change to one
of the most important advances
of the HHFKA — a requirement that kids must take a half - cup serving
of fruits or vegetables at lunch, instead
of passing up those healthy
foods on a daily basis.
The elevator goes straight into the terminal
lobby, where there are a wide range
of fast
food options and a Starbucks (blessedly!)
Private Eye cites other concerns, «While Nestlé's Aeros, Lion Bars and Golden Nugget cereal help us get fat, Kendrick is president
of the
Food and Drink Federation which successfully
lobbies the government to do next to nothing about it.»
While it's true that our letter relates to the activities
of an organization
of which Nancy and I are not members, let's not forget that SNA's
lobbying efforts, if successful, will have an impact extending well beyond the organization's «family»
of 55,000 school
food workers.
Fiona Kendrick, Chair and CEO
of Nestlé (UK and Ireland), has been awarded a damehood in the New Year Honours for «services to obesity», in the words
of Private Eye magazine, which highlights its marketing
of junk
foods and
lobbying against policies to reduce obesity.
The School Nutrition Association (SNA), the nation's largest organization
of school
food professionals, is currently
lobbying Congress to weaken federal school meal standards regarding whole grains, sodium and fruits and vegetables.
But districts are still unconscionably underfunded when it comes to school
food, and Big Food still plays too large of a lobbying role in shaping what appears on kids» tr
food, and Big
Food still plays too large of a lobbying role in shaping what appears on kids» tr
Food still plays too large
of a
lobbying role in shaping what appears on kids» trays.
Thanks for mentioning how «districts are still unconscionably underfunded when it comes to school
food, and Big Food still plays too large of a lobbying role in shaping what appears on kids» trays.&ra
food, and Big
Food still plays too large of a lobbying role in shaping what appears on kids» trays.&ra
Food still plays too large
of a
lobbying role in shaping what appears on kids» trays.»
Of particular note to me are the direct ties of two of the appointees to Big Food: Tkacz most recently worked as a lobbyist for the Corn Refiners Association, the trade group representing manufacturers of high fructose corn syrup, and previously lobbied for the Snack Food Associatio
Of particular note to me are the direct ties
of two of the appointees to Big Food: Tkacz most recently worked as a lobbyist for the Corn Refiners Association, the trade group representing manufacturers of high fructose corn syrup, and previously lobbied for the Snack Food Associatio
of two
of the appointees to Big Food: Tkacz most recently worked as a lobbyist for the Corn Refiners Association, the trade group representing manufacturers of high fructose corn syrup, and previously lobbied for the Snack Food Associatio
of the appointees to Big
Food: Tkacz most recently worked as a lobbyist for the Corn Refiners Association, the trade group representing manufacturers
of high fructose corn syrup, and previously lobbied for the Snack Food Associatio
of high fructose corn syrup, and previously
lobbied for the Snack
Food Association.
But with the help
of the beverage and snack
food lobby, opponents have blocked the efforts.
The article quotes industry nutrition
lobby group Specialised Nutrition Europe (SNE) as saying it «deeply regretted» the result
of the vote: «This draft regulation would have completed a legal framework ensuring a high level
of food safety and guaranteeing strong consumer protection for infants and young children..»
Thus in the last year, powerful
food companies, agriculture
lobbies, and various coalitions
of lawmakers have allied in battles over each
food area that USDA sought to restrict.
Global impact: The proposed new rules take no account
of the global impact
of foods exported from the EU, the need to ensure that they are in the right language, or how they will help corporations
lobby for weak global trading standards and agreements (such as TTIP 14 or Codex 15).
The
food companies that produce frozen pizzas, salt and potatoes have
lobbied Congress for changes and now the final version
of the bill released last Monday would block or delay school lunch standards the Agriculture Department proposed earlier this year, according to the Associated Press.
Saturday On Saturday, I slept in until it was time to head over to the
lobby of Belmont University's Trout Theatre where there were a variety
of silent auction items from purses and paintings and baby
food makers to gift certificates for restaurants and family music classes, and more.
We've recently formed a Healthy D.C. School
Food Committee to address that and to
lobby for other changes that advance the aims
of the «Healthy Schools Act.»
There does seem to be an over-reliance on potatoes (and, thanks to the successful
lobbying of potato growers, the new federal school meal standards won't prevent that practice from continuing), and the entrees tend to fall into the «doctored junk
food» category
of pizza, chicken nuggets and hot dogs.
This helped to counter heavy - duty
lobbying from the baby
food industry, US Chamber
of Commerce and US State Department against new baby
food regulations.
Today's day
of lobbying is the culmination
of the new film
Food Inc.'s social - action campaign, organized by Participant Media for the Child Nutrition Reauthorization.
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Spending boatloads
of money on professional
lobbying and a massive postcard campaign to legislators, the organization and their deep - pocketed friends like PepsiCo, Coca - Cola, Con Agra and Schwan's killed the state school nutrition bill, ensuring many more years
of junk
food for New York's schoolchildren.
That change in course is seen by some critics (rightly, I think) as a desire to avoid conflict with Big
Food — and its powerful
lobbying arm — in the midst
of a presidential election year.
When they go back to the original or some modified rule, the same people will complain again — and that is the work
of the
food industry
lobby.
The sugar
lobby is strong: While there are volumes
of standards regulating the fat content
of school
food, there are no such standards for sugar.
At the recent meeting
of the CCNFSDU, IBFAN members
lobbied for the inclusion
of the International Code under the scope
of the infant formula standard, and the age
of introduction
of complementary
foods to be at «about six months» as recommended by World Health Assembly Resolutions 47.5 and 49.15.
Only 35 countries have legislation fully implementing the Code — often because Nestlé and the rest
of the baby
food industry has
lobbied against such measures.
The result, she said, is that
lobbying from the
food industry has historically influenced the agency's nutrition advice, including the composition
of the new pyramid.
The National Fisheries Institute, an industry
lobbying group, promotes the
food pyramid on the front page
of its Web site, highlighting the government's suggestion to consume more fish.