Comments

FMI's comments to USDA AMS on the proposed rule for National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard

Food Marketing Institute (FMI), on behalf of the food retail industry, seeks to provide input regarding the impact of current intermediaries in the pharmaceutical supply chain on retail pharmacies,  and potential solutions to enhance transparency and competition in delivering prescription drugs and medicines to retail pharmacies.

The Food Marketing Institute (“FMI”) submits these comments in response to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Food Labeling: Revision of the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels and Serving Sizes of Foods That Can Reasonably Be Consumed at One Eating Occasion; Dual-Column Labeling; Updating, Modifying, and Establishing Certain Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed; Serving Size for Breath Mints; and Technical Amendments; Proposed Extension of Compliance Dates, as published in the Federal Register on October 2, 2017.  More specifically, FDA proposes to extend the compliance date for manufacturers with $10 million or more in annual food sales in the final rules published on May 27, 2016, from July 26, 2018, to January 1, 2020, and the compliance date for manufacturers with less than $10 million in annual food sales in the final rules published on May 27, 2016, from July 26, 2019, to January 1, 2021. FMI appreciates the opportunity to submit comments on the proposed extension of the compliance date.

The Food Marketing Institute (“FMI”) submits these comments in response to the request for information (RFI) of the Department of Labor (“the Department”), as published in the Federal Register on July 26, 2017, to gather information to aid in formulating a proposal to revise the regulations at 29 C.F.R. Part 541, defining and delimiting the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales and computer employees in Section 13(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA” or the “Act”), 29 U.S.C. § 213(a)(1).

FMI's comments on interim final rule for the Nutrition Labeling of Standard Menu Items in Restaurants and Similar Retail Food Establishments.