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FMI Statement on August CPI Food Price Numbers

Today, FMI Vice President, Tax, Trade, Sustainability and Policy Development Andy Harig issued the following statement on the August 2023 Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers that reveal food price inflation rates continue their incremental ...

FMI Announces 2023 Community Uplift Award Recipients

FMI – The Food Industry Association today announces recipients of the 2023 Community Uplift Awards. Out of 18 nominations, three community uplift programs were selected by a panel of judges as recipients for their standout efforts in addressing food ...

Parents’ Grocery Shopping Habits Reveal Evolving Shopper Behaviors

The most recent survey of grocery shoppers’ spending habits and attitudes by FMI – The Food Industry Association reveals surprising differences between the shopping habits of parents and those of consumers as a ...

FMI Welcomes Senate Finance Committee Approval of PBM Reform Legislation

Today, FMI applauded the U.S. Senate Finance Committee’s bipartisan passage of the Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act that would address several opaque and anticompetitive business practices used by certain pharmacy benefits ...

FMI Endorses Senate Legislation Banning SNAP Processing Fees

Today, FMI welcomed the introduction of the Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions (EBT) Act (S. 2449) by Sens. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and Peter Welch (D-VT) to prevent the levying of processing and other related fees on grocers for purchases made ...

FMI Food Safety Management Program Recognized by FDA

FMI today announces that its food safety management program, Safe Quality Food (SQF), successfully completed a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pilot program and that the SQF Food Safety Code: Food Manufacturing, Edition 9 plus the SQF ...

FMI Statement on WHO Classification of Aspartame

The World Health Organization’s food safety agency took a comprehensive approach in reviewing available clinical research and reaffirmed that aspartame is safe to consume at established Acceptable Daily Intake levels, in alignment with FDA’s ...

Diverse Coalition of Nearly 2,000 Organizations Urges Swift Passage of PBM Reform Measures While Preserving States’ Rights

Nearly 2,000 employers, patient advocates, pharmacies, providers and businesses sent a letter to Congress today strongly urging passage of pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform ...

New FMI Analysis: Food Retailers and Suppliers Continue to Innovate to Future-Proof Businesses as Inflation, Workforce, Supply Chain Issues Persist

Food retailers and suppliers, facing formidable challenges with a changing workforce, inflation, supply chain hurdles, intense competition and shifting consumer buying habits, are investing in more creative and proactive approaches to future-proof ...

FMI Bolsters Education Department with Two New Directors

FMI—The Food Industry Association, today announces the appointment of two accomplished professionals, Kara Adams, and Rebecca Daniels, as directors in the association’s Education Department. They will each focus on expanding e-learning offerings to ...

With United Voice, Pharmacy Praises Bipartisan “Pharmacy DIR Reform” and Pharmacy Access Bill Vital for Patients, Medicare, and Pharmacies

Organizations representing pharmacists and pharmacies, including FMI, are applauding the Protect Patient Access to Pharmacies Act (S. 2052) introduced today in the U.S. ...

FMI Applauds Legislation to Strengthen Retailer Participation in SNAP

Today, FMI – The Food Industry Association issued its endorsement of the Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions (EBT) Act (H.R. 4103) introduced by Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH), a senior Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee....

FMI Statement on May CPI Food Price Numbers

Today, FMI - The Food Industry Association Vice President, Tax, Trade, Sustainability and Policy Development Andy Harig issued the following statement on the May 2023 Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers that reveal another month of moderating food ...

FMI’s Dagmar Farr Transitions to Strategic Program Consultant

FMI today announces that Dagmar Farr, senior vice president, member services, will be transitioning into a consulting role on June 30 after more than 40 years of service at FMI across various positions ranging from consumer affairs and government ...

FMI Praises House and Senate Introduction of Legislation Increasing Credit Card Competition

Today, FMI – The Food Industry Association issued its strong endorsement of the bipartisan Credit Card Competition Act, which would require more than one network to be enabled on credit ...