1. Food Safety Outlook…

2. FOOD SAFETY & PROTECTION THE CURRENT FRAMEWORK OF THE U.S. FOOD SAFETY & PROTECTION SYSTEM OTHER GROUPS & ORGANIZATIONS WITH INTEREST AND THEIR POSITIONS LEGISLATION AND OTHER INITIATIVES

3. FOOD SAFETY & PROTECTION Current framework of the U.S. food safety & protection system – 15 federal agencies collectively administer more than 30 laws related to food safety & protection -  The USDA/Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) & the HHS/Food & Drug Administration (FDA) are the two major agencies FSIS – meat, poultry and processed egg products FDA – all other foods except those covered by other agencies  Centers for Disease Control – monitoring, investigating, foodborne disease to determine causes and controls;  National Marine Fisheries Service – inspection & grading for marketing and quality of domestic and imported seafood;  Dept. of Homeland Security – border inspection; preparedness for and response to major disease outbreak or other disaster affecting agricultural infrastructure;  Others……….

4. FSIS AND FDA STRUCTURED AND OPERATED DIFFERENTLY FSIS Establishes safe food requirements; Directly employs 9400 staff, 8000 of whom are in approx. 6300 U.S. plants; Assesses safety of processing plants and approves such plants for operation; Inspectors on-site to inspect during plant operation; Responds to specific complaints of food borne illness. FDA Establishes safe food requirements; Cooperates with 400 state agencies to conduct intermittent inspections of food establishments; Conducts unannounced inspections of food establishments (avg. one per five yrs.); Responds to specific complaints of food borne illness; DOMESTIC PROGRAMS

5. FSIS AND FDA STRUCTURED AND OPERATED DIFFERENTLY FSIS Safe food requirements the same for imported products as U.S. production; Determine if exporting country’s food safety system is equivalent to U.S. system; if so it’s approved for export; Foreign processing plants exporting to the U.S. are inspected routinely and approved/disapproved for export; Entry-point inspections are conducted on imports; if inspection is passed, product is allowed entry into the U.S.; Responds to specific complaints of food borne illness. FDA Safe food requirements the same for imported products as U.S. production; Cargo manifests are evaluated by DHS to determine if product detention is warranted; Based on DHS evaluation cargo is either detained for inspection by FDA or released; Random inspection of cargo may be undertaken by FDA; Responds to specific com plaints of food borne illness. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS

6. U.S. Food Imports Source: AFBF estimates from USDA data

7. Share of U.S. Consumption from Imports Source: USDA/ERS

8. Who’s involved Grocery Manufacturers Association “Four Pillars” document for import safety – September 2007 Coalition of retailers, manufacturers, processors, distributors, producer groups – October 2007 AFBF participates Drafting legislation – want Congress to act this year

9. Who’s involved Producer and Agribusiness Group AFBF organized Fall 2007 Livestock – pork, sheep, milk, turkey, chicken, eggs, processors (AMI and NMA) Fruits and Veggies – Western Growers, United Fresh, US Apple Others – oilseed processors, rice, millers, pet food, animal health, feed and grain groups Draft legislative proposal, to use if necessary

10. Congressional Interest U.S. Senate ‐Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee – Chairman Kennedy (MA) ‐Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee – Chairman Harkin (IA) ‐Leadership – Majority Whip Durbin (IL) U.S. House of Representatives ‐Energy and Commerce Committee – Chairman Waxman (CA) ‐Health Subcommittee – Chairman Pallone (NJ) ‐Oversight Subcommittee – Chairman Stupak (MI) ‐Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee – Chairwoman DeLauro (CT)

11. What’s Happening 30 bills introduced last Congress: HR 3610, Food and Drug Import Safety Act (Dingell) FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (Durbin) Consumer legislation (Pallone, DeLauro) FDA Food Protection Plan (Senate HELP Committee) HR 1148/S 654, Safe Food Act - single food safety agency

12. Hill reaction to... Recalls FY2010 Budget/Appropriations

13. AFBF Actions Letters to Hill/Administration H.R. 3610, Single Food Safety Agency, Funding Coalition Efforts GMA and Ag Highlight food safety & protection issue at membership meetings

14. LEAFY GREENS MARKETING AGREEMENT Voluntary marketing agreement (MA) California and Arizona already have agreements in place Industry requests MA, USDA oversees process with public input