Supermarket News interviewed FMI’s Jennifer Hatcher, Senior Vice President, Public
and Government Affairs; Andrew Harig, Director Government Relations and others on the regulatory issues around fresh foods to expect in 2015. Here are some highlights from the article.
Menu Labeling
“Any retailer with 20 or more locations will need to display calorie counts for many items in the deli and bakery within a year.
“We’ve done some audits of our stores. We’ve had some of our members do audits of stores. And the number and range of products, and honestly the confusion about coverage of products, is excruciating,” said Hatcher.
Even in smaller stores, FMI found no fewer than 100 products that would need labels.”
COOL
“The WTO will probably decide on a final appeal by this summer, and it is likely to side against the U.S. again, according to Andy Harig, director of government relations at FMI. Canada and Mexico could then be awarded retaliatory tariffs by the end of 2015 or early 2016.
Industry groups say Congress must act to resolve COOL issues.
“Assuming everything plays out the way we think it’s going to, Congress is going to have to act on this. Because the level of retaliation promises to be significant,” said Harig. The U.S. is looking at tariffs of more than $1 billion, he said.”
For more on menu labeling, COOL, FSMA, WIC and SNAP read the full article on Supermarket News.
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