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The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) is urging “common sense” in implementing the Nutrition Labeling of Standard Menu Items at Chain Restaurants provision of the Affordable Care Act. FMI wants to make sure mainstream grocery stores are excluded from the provision requiring restaurants to disclose nutrition information. Reps. John Carter (R-TX) and Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) have introduced legislation that would return the scope of the law to what they say was originally intended by Congress, which never mentioned grocery stores.
The Food Defense Strategy Exchange (FDSE) is a forum for food defense professionals to interact and share their knowledge and experiences. At the most recent FDSE, a poll of attendees revealed that approximately two-thirds were either re-evaluating their existing food defense plan, or implementing new food defense plans. In this podcast, Don Hsieh, Director of Commercial and Industrial Marketing at Tyco Integrated Security, discusses this topic and other findings from the exchange, and offers some best practices to proactively protect a company’s brand from food adulteration.
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