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Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Sugar trade issues Trade barriers to U.S. processed food exports

Contacted: SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); State, Dept of (DOS)

Agriculture AGR

Cocoa sustainability; agricultural development and food security needs in West Africa; public and private partnerships in developing countries; S. 510, FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, provisions relating to food processing safety and safety of imported foods H.R. 4173, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, provisions relating to Federal Trade Commission reauthorization Listing of cocoa on Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act and Executive Order 13126 lists Department of Agriculture appropriations for FY 2011; budget for research on peanuts, rice and cocoa U.S. Sugar Program

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Bills named: S. 510 (111th), H.R. 4173 (111th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

S. 510, Food Safety Modernization Act, provisions relating to food processing safety and safety of imported foods S.934, Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2009, provisions relating to competitive foods and school vending H.R. 5504, Improving Nutrition for America's Children Act, provisions relating to reauthorization of children's nutrition programs

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); White House Office; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: S. 510 (111th), H.R. 5504 (111th), S. 934 (111th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Harkin-Engel Protocol: USDA Consultative Group on Child Labor in Imported Agricultural Commodities

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children: Tentative Proposed Nutrition Standards

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Labor, Dept of (DOL)