The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) is pleased to submit these comments in response to the Department of Labor’s (DOL) recent Federal Register notices regarding the Department’s intent to revise and update the regulations governing the employment of teenagers. 72 Fed. Reg. 19337 (April 17, 2007). FMI commends DOL for its efforts to conform the regulations to the twenty-first century workplace. There are several aspects of the proposals that we believe need to be modified as discussed more fully below.

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