Breaking News…
1.      We have just learned that the Senate Agriculture Committee Has Postponed Work on Child Nutrition Legislation.  Senate Leaders have assured us this bill will be taken up after The Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting Act and U.S. Grain Standards Act affecting farmers, ranchers and agribusiness will be reviewed.
2.      Academy member and Executive Director Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, USDA, Angela Tagtow, MS, RD, LD has been invited to provide testimony to the House Agriculture Committee on the evidenced process for the development of Dietary Guidelines.  This is a very important meeting to help Congress understand the science behind the Dietary Guidelines. The meeting will be held tomorrow on September 16.

Judy Klavens-Giunta,RDN
Policy and Advocacy Leader
PHCN PG
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