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The Food Industry Deemed Essential and Critical to Infrastructure In COVID19 Response

FMI – representing food retailers, wholesalers and suppliers of our nation’s food and consumer goods – commends the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) for including food and agriculture and transportation and logistics among ...

Food Industry Groups Launch Partnership to Ensure Sufficient Food Supply Amid COVID-19 Crisis

Today, the International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA) and FMI-Food Industry Association announced an ad-hoc partnership motivated by widespread consumer needs fueled by the coronavirus pandemic....

FMI- The Food Industry Association Stands with the President and His Administration to Keep Stores Open and Stocked

The Food Industry Association participated on a White House call today with the nation’s food retailers, wholesalers and suppliers of the food and consumer products they sell. FMI and its members offered to stand ready with the President of the ...

FMI- Food Industry Association Supports President’s National Emergency Declaration

As the food industry association – representing food retailers, wholesalers and suppliers of the food and consumer products they sell – FMI supports the President’s decision to declare a national emergency and garner appropriate resources to help ...

Top Food & Ag Groups Release Consumer Research Measuring Market Potential for Gene-Edited Products

The FMI Foundation in partnership with the American Seed Trade Association, the American Farm Bureau Federation, and the Farm Foundation, today released a consumer research study measuring market potential for gene-edited ...

New Study Confirms Value of Family Meals

A new study published in The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior(JNEB) builds on years of previous research studies and demonstrates the value of family meals. This study showed that more frequent family meals were associated with better ...

FMI Champions Action Plans for Leafy Greens

Hilary Thesmar, PhD, RD, CFS, chief food and product safety officer and senior vice president, food safety, for FMI- The Food Industry Association – offered the following comments on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Leafy Greens STEC Action ...

Annual Meat Conference Exhibitors Donate More Than 28,000 Pounds of Meat and Poultry Products to Nashville Food Project

Exhibitors at the Annual Meat Conference , co-hosted by FMI, The Food Industry Association and the North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute), this week in Nashville, Tennessee, donated 28,000 pounds of meat and poultry products to The ...

New Report Provides Tips to Jump Start Food Waste Reduction Across Food Sectors

Today the Food Waste Reduction Alliance (FWRA) — a collaborative effort of the Consumer Brands Association, FMI - The Food Industry Association, and the National Restaurant Association—released a new report, Messy but Worth It: Lessons Learned from ...

Analysis Finds Demand for Meat Strong, Represents $50.5 billion in Sales for 2019

FMI and the Foundation for Meat and Poultry Research and Education, the foundation for the North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute), released their 15th-annual in-depth study of meat and poultry through shoppers’ eyes. The Power of Meat 2020 ...

FMI Files Amicus Brief in SCOTUS PBM Reform Case

FMI – The Food Industry Association ‑ filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a state’s ability to pass legislation governing anti-competitive or abusive practices by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)....

FMI Presents Coronavirus Resources to Members

FMI today released new materials for its members in order to assist the food industry’s preparedness planning for COVID-19, commonly known as ...

FMI Research Attributes Produce Category Success to Health and Convenience Trends

The most recent analysis of the grocery produce category by the food industry association, FMI, finds that this $61 billion category is primed to increase the spend per buyer and per trip and improve frequency. The study, the Power of Produce 2020, ...

Dan Ratner Joins FMI as Senior Director, Member Services

FMI today announces the appointment of Dan Ratner as senior director of member services. In his role at FMI, Ratner will contribute to a dynamic strategy for enhancing member value, retention and ...

FMI Responds to U.S. PIRG Survey on Food Recalls

FMI Chief Food and Product Safety Officer and SVP Food Safety, Hilary Thesmar, PhD, RD, CFS, offered the following comments on the U.S. PIRG study, which independently offered recommendations for communicating food recalls in ...