Lobbying Relationship

Client

Hormel Foods Corporation

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Lobbying firm

Venable LLP

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  • Food safety legislation, ie. "FDA Globalization Act", specifically issues relating to labeling of modified atmosphere packaging.

Duration: to

General Issues: Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.)

Spending: about $150,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate

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?
William Nordwind Counsel, Telecommunications Subcommittee
Robert Smith II Legislative Director, Rep. Wes Watkins (OK)
John O'Neill Jr. Policy Dir. & Counsel, Senate Republican Whip's
Thomas Quinn n/a
Birch Bayh 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.

Termination
Q2 Report
Q1 Report
Registration

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

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