“The most important goal of America’s retailers and wholesalers is to provide nutritious, safe, high quality and affordable food. It is important that any legislation address these issues and restore public confidence in the safety of our food supply. We believe S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, achieves these goals.
America’s food retailers, wholesalers, and the entire supply chain and government have a responsibility to work together to improve the safety of our food supply. We support the bill’s focus on trying to prevent problems before they occur by providing FDA the necessary resources and authority to help the agency protect our food supply.
We commend the work done by Senator Durbin, Chairman Harkin, Ranking Member Enzi and the other Senators that was vital in creating and moving this bipartisan bill through the HELP Committee, and we urge swift consideration of S. 510 by the full Senate. Food retailers and wholesalers are committed to helping enact comprehensive food safety legislation this year.”
Food Marketing Institute (FMI) conducts programs in public affairs, food safety, research, education and industry relations on behalf of its nearly 1,250 food retail and wholesale member companies in the United States and around the world. FMI’s U.S. members operate more than 25,000 retail food stores and almost 22,000 pharmacies with a combined annual sales volume of nearly $650 billion. FMI’s retail membership is composed of large multi-store chains, regional firms and independent operators. Its international membership includes 126 companies from more than 65 countries. FMI’s nearly 330 associate members include the supplier partners of its retail and wholesale members.
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