/arlene Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Tony Ellis <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: April 29, 2016 at 2:48:41 PM GMT+1 To: Undisclosed recipients:; Subject: Improving retail food environment, May 5th, at 10 AM PT/1 PM ET Hello Everyone: Please mark your calendars, a call on improving the retail food environment will take place on Thursday, May 5 from 10-11 am Pacific/1-2 pm Eastern. The focus will be on ways to improve the foods available and promoted in retail food stores. The USDA recently proposed a new rule designed to provide SNAP participants with increased access to healthy foods. The rule would require retailers to offer a wider variety of food choices. The final day to submit public comments<https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2016/02/17/2016-03006/enhancing-retailer-standards-in-the-supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-snap> for the rule is May 18th. This call will provide background for people generally interested in improving retail food environments or commenting on the rule. · Jessica Almy, senior nutrition policy counsel at Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), will talk about ways to improve the healthfulness of foods, snacks, and beverages sold in retail, particularly at checkout. · Megan Lott, senior associate of policy and research at Health Eating Research (HER), will present expert panel recommendations on minimum stocking levels and marketing strategies<https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwiXgtDE6LHMAhVEGT4KHcVsASoQFggcMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthyeatingresearch.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F02%2Fher_minimum_stocking_final.pdf&usg=AFQjCNGkgSKn4nEw1rzbSFj6dGYx43CCew&sig2=7CkT29XvPkGXLHhGgqSICQ&cad=rja>. · Tracy Fox, president of Food, Nutrition & Policy Consultants LLC, and Colin Schwartz, senior nutrition policy associate at CSPI, will talk about the proposed USDA rule and lead a discussion on specific recommendations to strengthen the rule. To RSVP for this networking call, please select the hyperlink<http://goo.gl/forms/aFKNgFoLgp>. Best, ------ Tony Ellis Nutrition Policy Associate Center for Science in the Public Interest 1220 L Street NW, Suite 300 Washington DC 20005 Tel: 202 777 8329 Fax: 202 265 4954 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>