• Implementation of S. 510, The Food Safety Modernization Act, with emphasis on those titles related to the inspection and third party testing of imported and domestic food ingredients.
• Medical and clinical research and testing issues and policies. 21st Century cures; FDA reform; clinical trials.

Duration: November 1, 2007 to December 31, 2015

General Issues: Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Animals, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

Spending: about $540,000 (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 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Senate,, Y Y FDA, Y Y USDA