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<div><b>From:</b> Chris Udall <<a href="mailto:chris@agribusinessarizona.org">chris@agribusinessarizona.org</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> March 16, 2017 at 8:36:44 PM MST<br>
<b>To:</b> Brian Betcher <<a href="mailto:brian@msidd.com">brian@msidd.com</a>>, Charlie Slocum <<a href="mailto:cslocum@wmidd.org">cslocum@wmidd.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:dave.roberts@srpnet.com">dave.roberts@srpnet.com</a>>, DeWayne Justice <<a href="mailto:powerandwater@aol.com">powerandwater@aol.com</a>>,
<<a href="mailto:dneese@rooseveltirrigation.org">dneese@rooseveltirrigation.org</a>>, Doug Mason <<a href="mailto:doug.mason.scidd@aol.com">doug.mason.scidd@aol.com</a>>, "Ed Gerak" <<a href="mailto:egerak@bwcdd.com">egerak@bwcdd.com</a>>, Elston Grubaugh
<<a href="mailto:egrubaugh@wmidd.org">egrubaugh@wmidd.org</a>>, "George Seperich" <<a href="mailto:george.seperich@asu.edu">george.seperich@asu.edu</a>>, <<a href="mailto:glenv@mwdaz.com">glenv@mwdaz.com</a>>, Grant Ward <<a href="mailto:grant@msidd.com">grant@msidd.com</a>>,
Jeff Silvertooth <<a href="mailto:silver@Ag.arizona.edu">silver@Ag.arizona.edu</a>>, "Jim Henness " <<a href="mailto:jkhennes@yahoo.com">jkhennes@yahoo.com</a>>, Jim Sweeney <<a href="mailto:jims@mwdaz.com">jims@mwdaz.com</a>>, John Sullivan <<a href="mailto:jsullivanh2o@cox.net">jsullivanh2o@cox.net</a>>,
Kenneth Baughman <<a href="mailto:kbaughman@wmidd.org">kbaughman@wmidd.org</a>>, Larry Olson <<a href="mailto:larry.olson@asu.edu">larry.olson@asu.edu</a>>, <<a href="mailto:management@powerhhk.com">management@powerhhk.com</a>>, Mark Clark <<a href="mailto:mclark@mvidd.net">mclark@mvidd.net</a>>,
Michael Curtis <<a href="mailto:mcurtis401@aol.com">mcurtis401@aol.com</a>>, Mike Urton <<a href="mailto:mike.urton@scidd.com">mike.urton@scidd.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:PlummerNW@aol.com">PlummerNW@aol.com</a>>, Richard Morrison <<a href="mailto:richard@morrisonaz.com">richard@morrisonaz.com</a>>,
"Robert S. Lynch" <<a href="mailto:RSLynch@rslynchaty.com">RSLynch@rslynchaty.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:sburgess@cals.arizona.edu">sburgess@cals.arizona.edu</a>>, "Tom Davis " <<a href="mailto:tdavis@ycwua.org">tdavis@ycwua.org</a>>, "Tommy Caywood " <<a href="mailto:sammiecaywood@yahoo.com">sammiecaywood@yahoo.com</a>>,
Wade Noble <<a href="mailto:wade@noblelaw.com">wade@noblelaw.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:water.consultant@cox.net">water.consultant@cox.net</a>>, Zittle Cheryl A <<a href="mailto:Cheryl.Zittle@srpnet.com">Cheryl.Zittle@srpnet.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>FW: Food industry wants Congress to fund FSMA enforcement </b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Mark Killian [<a href="mailto:mkillian@azda.gov">mailto:mkillian@azda.gov</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 16, 2017 11:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Senior Management Team; Teressa Lopez; ADA Advisory Council; AG Industry Representatives<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Food industry wants Congress to fund FSMA enforcement <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Food industry wants Congress to fund FSMA enforcement
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<a href="http://www.foodsafetynews.com/author/dflynn/" title="More posts by Dan Flynn">
<span style="color:blue">Dan Flynn</span></a> | March 16, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Food safety appropriations for last year are like the high water marks for the next fiscal year budget and congressional
appropriators are now being urged not to back off just as the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) just as it is being implemented.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">A couple dozen major food companies and trade associations Wednesday dropped a letter off at the offices of
the four top budget writers on Capitol Hill.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The letter expressed support for “appropriate funding” for the food safety budget at the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) for FY 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="http://www.foodsafetynews.com/files/2017/03/Cnotestretch_406x250.jpg"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="406" height="250" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D29E46.1BF731D0" alt="Cnotestretch_406x250"></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“For
all our companies and associations, food safety is our number one priority and represents a critical standard we work hard to meet every day,” the letter says. “Consumer confidence in our companies and associations and in our brands is the foundation of everything
we do and the reason we invest our reputations and resources in producing safe products.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Food industry organizations signing the letter included: the American Bakers Association (ABA); American Frozen
Food Institute (AFFI); Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA); The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA); National Fisheries Institute (NFI); The Peanut and Tree Nut Processors Association (PTNPA); Produce Marketing Association (PMA); and United
Fresh Produce Association (UFPA).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The letter reminds the budget writers of the “substantial investments” Congress has already made “to ensure
that FDA is on track” to implement the FSMA. “As you know, FSMA encompasses sweeping reform of our nation’s food safety laws and requires a new approach from FDA,” it says.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The letter went to Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, chairman, and Rep. Nita M. Lowey, ranking member, both of the
House Committee on Appropriations; and Sen. Thad Cochran, chairman, and Sen. Patrick Leahy, vice chairman, both of the Senate Committee on Appropriations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">It was also signed by company representatives from: Campbell Soup Company, Cargill Inc., Coca-Cola Company,
Conagra Brands Inc., Costco Wholesale, Hershey, Kellogg Company, Land O’ Lakes Inc., Mars Inc., Nestle U.S.A., PepsiCo Inc. Unilever Inc., and Walmart Stores Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Key point in the letter is the food industry supporting an increase in FDA’s food safety funding in the FY 2017
budget “that reflects the funding levels provided for FSMA implementation by the Committees in 2016.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to experts on federal food safety budgets, those funding levels amount to increases for FY 2017 of
just over $40 million (Senate) and $33 million (House) for implementing the FSMA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The food industry letter calls FSMA “the cornerstone of our nation’s food safety strategy” with a “new focus
on prevention” and expanded authority for FDA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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