Lobbying Relationship

Client

DANONE North America, PBC

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Lobbying firm

Danone North America, PBC

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  • Issues related to organic agriculture, including integrity and enforcement standards for organic livestock and dairy. Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program. Farm Bill reauthorization, including nutrition and conservation priorities.
  • FDA labeling of plant-based and dairy products; USDA nutrition policies related to students and children, including Women, Infant, & Children Program (WIC), School Meals, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); implementation of nutrition regulations from the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition and Health; FY2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations bill.
  • Legislative and administrative efforts to build a circular economy, recycling and food packaging materials, such as an extended producer responsibility policy.
  • Issues related to the domestic infant formula shortage, including S.1782 / H.R.3778, Formula 3.0 Act; issues related to guidance on marketing of breastmilk substitutes.

Duration: to

General Issues: Agriculture, Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Environmental/Superfund, Health Issues, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $3,760,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2018: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)

Affiliated organizations: Michael Torry Associates

Related Foreign Entities: Danone SA (Paris, FRA); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%

Bills mentioned

S.1251: Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021

Sponsor: Mike Braun (R-Ind.)

H.R.2229: Baby Food Safety Act of 2021

Sponsor: Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.)

S.1019: Baby Food Safety Act of 2021

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.3783: Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 2021

Sponsor: Jim McGovern (D-Mass.)

S.2013: Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 2021

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

H.R.2918: Continuous Improvement and Accountability in Organic Standards Act

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

S.4256: Protecting Infants from Formula Shortages Act of 2022

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

S.1782: Formula 3.0 Act

Sponsor: Mike Lee (R-Utah)

H.R.3778: Formula 3.0 Act

Sponsor: Adrian Smith (R-Neb.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Christopher Adamo Staff Director, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chief of Staff, Council on Environmental Quality, Executive Office of the President Staff Director, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Chief of Staff, Council on Environmental Quality, Executive Office of the President
T. Patrick Maloney US Department of Treasury - White House Liaison (01/2009 - 10/2011), Senior Advisor, Office of Legislative Affairs (10/2011 - 01/2017)
Stephanie Goodwin n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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