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Lobbying groups with interest in influencing policies affecting the food and beverage industry, including issues such as food regulation and labeling.

Examples of Food Industry Front Groups - Eat Drink Politics

Below are some examples of food industry front groups. These are organizations that claim to represent farmers, consumers, or some other sympathetic constituency but in fact are funded by powerful industry lobbyists and corporations.
http://www.eatdrinkpolitics.com/reports/food-industry/examples-of-food-industry-front-groups/
Corporate Watch : Food & Drink Federation : Influence/Lobbying

The FDF is a corporate-controlled lobby group which promotes corporate interests in three ways.
https://corporatewatch.org/content/corporate-watch-food-drink-federation-influence-lobbying
Food & Beverage - Open Source

The food and beverage industry includes restaurants, bars, caterers, soft drink and juice companies, and candy manufacturers. Well-known companies such as McDonalds, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo all belong to this industry.
http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=n01
Food Politics - Lobbies

A new study in PLoS Medicine provides documentary evidence of sugar industry manipulation of research on dental caries in the 1960s and 1970s.
http://www.foodpolitics.com/tag/lobbies/
Politicians Should Stand Up To The Sugar Lobby - Observer Editorial - The Guardian

Observer editorial: The food and drinks industries need swift and competent regulation.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/12/observer-editorial-campaign-against-sugar
Laid Bare, The Lobbying Campaign That Won The Food Labelling Battle - The Independent

The lobbying carried out by food manufacturers to block a European-wide food labelling system backed by doctors is laid bare in a series of private emails published today by The Independent.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/laid-bare-the-lobbying-campaign-that-won-the-food-labelling-battle-2003686.html
The 10 Most Powerful Food Lobbies and How They Decide What's on Your Plate - Pate Dawson Company

Anyone who was in grade school in the 90s remembers seeing the USDA's food pyramid appear on the walls of health class, science rooms, and cafeterias. What the pyramid was supposed to represent was a healthy, balanced diet per the United States Department of Agriculture's carefully planned and executed guidelines.
http://www.pdco.com/node/89203
More Milk In School Cafeterias? Lobbyists, Lawmakers Want Students To Consume More Dairy Under Proposed Nutrition Standards Law - IB Times

Reps. Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Penn., and Joe Courtney, D-Conn., introduced the School Milk Nutrition Act of 2015.
http://www.ibtimes.com/more-milk-school-cafeterias-lobbyists-lawmakers-want-students-consume-more-dairy-1931289

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Examples of Food Industry Front Groups - Eat Drink Politics

Below are some examples of food industry front groups. These are organizations that claim to represent farmers, consumers, or some other sympathetic constituency but in fact are funded by powerful industry lobbyists and corporations.
http://www.eatdrinkpolitics.com/reports/food-industry/examples-of-food-industry-front-groups/
Corporate Watch : Food & Drink Federation : Influence/Lobbying

The FDF is a corporate-controlled lobby group which promotes corporate interests in three ways.
https://corporatewatch.org/content/corporate-watch-food-drink-federation-influence-lobbying
Food & Beverage - Open Source

The food and beverage industry includes restaurants, bars, caterers, soft drink and juice companies, and candy manufacturers. Well-known companies such as McDonalds, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo all belong to this industry.
http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=n01
Food Politics - Lobbies

A new study in PLoS Medicine provides documentary evidence of sugar industry manipulation of research on dental caries in the 1960s and 1970s.
http://www.foodpolitics.com/tag/lobbies/
Politicians Should Stand Up To The Sugar Lobby - Observer Editorial - The Guardian

Observer editorial: The food and drinks industries need swift and competent regulation.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/12/observer-editorial-campaign-against-sugar
Laid Bare, The Lobbying Campaign That Won The Food Labelling Battle - The Independent

The lobbying carried out by food manufacturers to block a European-wide food labelling system backed by doctors is laid bare in a series of private emails published today by The Independent.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/laid-bare-the-lobbying-campaign-that-won-the-food-labelling-battle-2003686.html
The 10 Most Powerful Food Lobbies and How They Decide What's on Your Plate - Pate Dawson Company

Anyone who was in grade school in the 90s remembers seeing the USDA's food pyramid appear on the walls of health class, science rooms, and cafeterias. What the pyramid was supposed to represent was a healthy, balanced diet per the United States Department of Agriculture's carefully planned and executed guidelines.
http://www.pdco.com/node/89203
More Milk In School Cafeterias? Lobbyists, Lawmakers Want Students To Consume More Dairy Under Proposed Nutrition Standards Law - IB Times

Reps. Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Penn., and Joe Courtney, D-Conn., introduced the School Milk Nutrition Act of 2015.
http://www.ibtimes.com/more-milk-school-cafeterias-lobbyists-lawmakers-want-students-consume-more-dairy-1931289

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