FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GMA Statement Regarding House Education and Labor Committee Hearing on Child Nutrition Reauthorization
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Scott Openshaw, Director, Communications, 202-295-3957
Brian Kennedy, Director, Communications, 202-639-5994
July 1, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC - The Grocery Manufacturers Association today issued the following statement by GMA President and CEO Pamela G. Bailey regarding the U.S. House of Representative’s Education and Labor Committee hearing on the Improving Nutrition for America’s Children Act, a bill to reauthorize child nutrition legislation:
“The Grocery Manufacturers Association strongly supports efforts to feed many more children through school lunch and breakfast programs and to increase the number of healthy choices in the cafeteria. We share Chairman Miller's priorities for a stronger Child Nutrition Act, including increased access to the school meals programs, science-based standards for foods sold in schools, and more healthy foods available in the cafeteria.
“In particular, we believe that Congress should give USDA clear authority to set science-based standards for foods sold in schools during the school day. The school environment is a special environment, and USDA should be given the power to establish nutrition standards for competitive foods. We believe that the school cafeteria line can be on the front lines of feeding children while ending childhood obesity within a generation. We are committed to working with Congress to enact strong Child Nutrition legislation this year.”
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Based in Washington, D.C., the Grocery Manufacturers Association is the voice of more than 300 leading food, beverage and consumer product companies that sustain and enhance the quality of life for hundreds of millions of people in the United States and around the globe. Founded in 1908, GMA is an active, vocal advocate for its member companies and a trusted source of information about the industry and the products consumers rely on and enjoy every day. The association and its member companies are committed to meeting the needs of consumers through product innovation, responsible business practices and effective public policy solutions developed through a genuine partnership with policymakers and other stakeholders. In keeping with its founding principles, GMA helps its members produce safe products through a strong and ongoing commitment to scientific research, testing and evaluation and to providing consumers with the products, tools and information they need to achieve a healthy diet and an active lifestyle. The food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry in the United States generates sales of $2.1 trillion annually, employs 14 million workers and contributes $1 trillion in added value to the economy every year.
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- March 24, 2010 GMA Statement Regarding Senate Agriculture Committee Mark-Up of Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act
- March 18, 2010 GMA Statement on Standards for School Foods
- March 17, 2010 GMA Statement on Progress Made Toward Reauthorizing the Child Nutrition Act
- March 4, 2010 GMA Statement at House Agriculture Appropriations Hearing on the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act
- January 27, 2010 GMA Response to President Obama's State of the Union Address
- January 20, 2010 GMA Statement on First Lady Michelle Obama's Childhood Obesity Initiative
- January 11, 2010 GMA Statement on New York City’s “National Salt Reduction Initiative”
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