More than 30 members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) are concerned that a proposed SNAP fraud prevention solution will have “unintended consequences.” In a letter to House and Senate leadership, along with the chairmen and ranking members of both the Senate and House Agriculture committees, the CBC took issue with a Farm Bill provision…
Plan now to attend the FMI/National Grocers Association (N.G.A.) inaugural Retail Food Safety Forum in Cincinnati on November 5 – 6, 2012. Through interactive learning, peer discussions, and idea exchanges, you will take away actionable resources to improve your company’s food safety program. The Retail Food Safety Forum courses are designed to offer comprehensive education…
In a letter sent to House and Senate leaders last week, NACS and a group of associations representing retailers of all sizes across all segments of the merchant community highlighted the reasons behind the growing opposition to a proposed settlement of a long-standing antitrust lawsuit filed by merchants against Visa, MasterCard and the nation’s largest…
In a comprehensive report on how financial regulatory reform affects community banks and credit unions, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that these financial institutions have benefitted since the reform of debit swipe fees went into effect on October 1, 2011. Banks with less than $10 billion in assets are exempt from debit swipe…
Last week, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) introduced S. 3574, the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2012, which calls for a less burdensome approach to unnecessary federal menu-labeling regulations outlined in the health-care law. Blunt was joined by fellow Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), John Boozman (R-AR), Scott Brown (R-MA), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Thad Cochran…
In a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) earlier this month, Science, Space & Technology Committee vice chairman James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) and committee member, Representative Chip Cravaack (R-Minn.), questioned the EPA’s recent decision to mandate that consumers purchase at least four gallons of fuel from blender pumps that dispense both E15 and E10…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has increased its 2013 biofuel targets, requiring refiners to blend 1.28 billion gallons of biodiesel into traditional transportation fuel next year, vs. a 1-billion gallon requirement for 2012. According to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, the new biofuel blending requirement meets goals set forth by Congress and is “another step…
Employers will be able to use an online federal database to confirm new hires are eligible to work in the United States for three more years, the National Restaurant Association reports. The federal E-Verify program has been approved by Congress until Sept. 30, 2015, and President Barack Obama will likely sign the bill soon. The…
In a victory for QuikTrip, 7-Eleven and Kum & Go, selling “hot fuel”—gasoline that is not adjusted for its temperature—does not violate the Kansas Consumer Protection Act, a federal jury in Kansas City, Kansas, said last week, according to a report by The Kansas City Star. The case was the first to come to a…
The FDA has issued a one-page fact sheet titled “Overview: Tobacco Retailer Warning Letters” to explain why warning letters are issued to tobacco retailers, what a retailer needs to do if a warning letter is received, and what FDA tobacco regulations apply to retailers. According to the FDA’s website, as of this past August 31,…