• Antibiotics in animals Residue monitoring Drug approvals Animal agriculture Litter as fertilizer; Implementation of: Legislation, all titles, to end the use of certain antibiotics in animal feed if those antibiotics are used in human medicine. Efforts to require the manufacturers of antibiotics used in animal feed to make certain reports to FDA. HR 965 and S. 1211, all titles to restrict use of antibiotics in feed. Reform FDA regulation of federal imported and domestic food safety with emphasis on those titles related to the import of ingredients for food and drugs, as well as country-of-origin labeling. Monitoring legislative and regulatory developments related to the Animal Drug User Fee Act reauthorization, with related developments of the Generic Animal Drug UserFee Act. Monitor developments of the Food & Drug Administrations development of its Advanced Feed Safety System related to the use of animal drugs in livestock and poultry feeds.
• Antibiotics in animal foods Drug approvals Drugs in animal foodsImplementation of: All titles, to end the use of certain antibiotics in animal feed if those antibiotics are used in human medicine. HR 965 and S. 1211 and efforts to require the manufacturers of antibiotics used in animal feed to make certain reports to FDA. Legislation to reform FDA regulation of federal imported and domestic food safety with emphasis on those titles related to the import of ingredients for food and drugs, as well as country-of-origin labeling. Monitor legislative and regulatory developments related to the Animal Drug User Fee Act reauthorization, with related developments of the Generic Animal Drug UserFee Act. Monitor developments of the Food & Drug Administrations development of its Advanced Feed Safety System related to the use of animal drugs in livestock and poultry feeds.
• PL111-353, the Food Safety Modernization Act to reform FDA regulation of federal imported and domestic food safety with emphasis on those titles and sections related to the certification of imports of ingredients for food and drugs, as well as country-of-origin labeling.
• HR 965 & S. 1211, all titles, to end the use of certain antibiotics in animal feed if those antibiotics are used in human medicine. Efforts to require the manufacturers of antibiotics used in animal feed to make certain reports to FDA. Monitor and counsel on issues related to contemplated or proposed/introduced federal legislation and regulation related to restrictions on how, where and by who animal drugs may be used on farms and ranches, particularly in feed.
• Legislation and regulatory actions related to greenhouse gas emissions caps, as well as action to create a carbon credit cap-and-trade program.

Duration: November 1, 2007 to June 29, 2012

General Issues: Agriculture, Pharmacy, Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Animals, Clean Air & Water (Quality)

Spending: about $360,000 (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: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Energy - Dept of, Y Y FDA USDA