• FDA approval of transgenic food animals Administration reinvention of transgenic food animal approval process Regulation of approved animals, elimination of import restrictions Labeling of food from approved transgenic animals Regulation of transgenic animals
• FDA review and approval of transgenic Atlantic salmon eggs White House review and reissue of Guidance 187 Administration actions to reinvent biotech approval process
• FDA approval of transgenic food animals Welfare/well-being of transgenic food animals
• FDA, USDA approval of biotech plants and animals Labeling of foods containing biotech plants, animals USDA deregulation of biotech plants
• Appropriations language designed to block or inhibit commercialization of approved transgenic food animals Appropriations language intended to require labeling of GE salmon Overall FDA, USDA budget requirements

Duration: January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2018

General Issues: Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Science/Technology, Animals, Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $240,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2016: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), White House Office, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)