Advocacy Workforce Development Industry Alignment Working for more than 1,000 baking facilities and baking company suppliers which employ nearly 800,000 workers.
USDA’s Bioengineered Food Disclosure ABA Hosts BE Discussion • USDA summarized its final rule and responds to industry questions • USDA reviewed its top ten FAQs • Dialogue on Retail and Food Service Priorities • ABA, through FBIA leadership, submitted additional questions for clarification • USDA reviewing internally • Opportunity to submit additional inquiries • USDA updating its content: USDA FAQs for BE Disclosure Standard
Kill Step Calculators Additional Work on Kill Step Calculators • In May, ABA proactively met with FDA’s key microbiologist to discuss outstanding issues • FDA identified flaws with the AIB Kill Step Calculator for food safety compliance • Current calculator overestimates effectiveness of baking as a kill step • FDA shared new research • FDA willing to work with ABA/AIB to improve tool • ABA working group engaging
Wheat-based Foods Dietary Benefits Benefits of Grain Research • Wheat-based foods provide a wide range of essential and beneficial components to the human diet • Reducing risk of major chronic diseases (cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke) • Cereal fiber to be superior to fiber from fruits and vegetables • Numerous components in wheat have anti- carcinogenic effects • June webinar for Dr. Glenn Gaesser to report findings to FTRAC • Next Steps – Prop 65 Strategy Development • Coordinate with State Affairs Working Group • FDA • Other key audiences
Trade & Tariffs Mexico Tariffs • Steel and Aluminum 232 tariffs on Canada and Mexico removed. ABA was extremely active in organizing congressional pressure for removal. • On May 30, the Administration announced a 5% tariff on all imports from Mexico with incremental increases promised if the country until “illegal migrants coming through Mexico and into our country stop”. This will impact prices for raw ingredients, mixes, and goods crossing the border • New tariffs are likely be administered in a manner similar to steel & aluminum tariffs China Tariffs • Increase in scale of all existing China tariffs and introduction of list four for targeted goods • Folic Acid and other fortifying vitamins targeted, ABA preparing to file exclusions • Letter from USTR to CPB outlining possible list 3 exclusions process to come by end of June
Labor Deadlines Regular Rate • ABA supporting coalition comments on regular rate rule • Specific note to inclusion of in-workplace food/beverage services Joint-Employer • ABA writing original comments on Joint-Employer to highlight baker specific instances of foodservice contracting
PRO Act Protecting Workers’ Right to Organize Act • Introduced recently in both House and Senate • Democratic labor priority would: • Override State Right-to-work laws • Codify Card Check • Codify Obama-era persuader Rule • Eliminate “captive audience” meetings on LR issues • Mandate employers provide personal information on employees to unions • Likely to spur Labor-Relations conversation in 2020 Democratic Primaries/Presidential Election • ABA plans to partner with industry labor coalitions to oppose and will key vote bill
Nutrition Innovation Strategy Nutrition Innovation Strategy FBIA leading strategy to address new FDA nutrition policy modernization: • Healthy Definition / Healthy Icon • Health Claim Modernization • Standards of Identity Modernization • Consumer Education Sodium Reduction Targets Through ABA’s partnership with the Sodium Coalition we’ve: • Completed EIA on reformulation costs to industry • OMB meeting to discuss major economic impact to industry
Innovative Reports Presented at the ABA 2019 Convention Power of Bakery Report • Bakery is a driver for grocery sales: total bread and baked good sales surpassed $59 billion in 2018 • Emotional connections drive loyalty and build stronger brands • Cross-department bakery item sales are strong, with smaller subcategories fueling growth • Fresh is king, with shoppers focusing more on the when than the where Attracting Gen Z and Millennial Customers • Gen Z and Millennials continue to consume baked goods, but less than in the past • Food waste is a big issue for this constituency with three in four consumers bothered by wasting bread • Across all product categories, the most important nutritional descriptors are: whole grains, freshness, and natural ingredients
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Your Team to Help Address the Workforce Issue Baking Industry Alliance • Identified workforce retention & recruitment as significant industry issue that warranted the group’s attention. • Initial steps: • Apprenticeship Program Survey • Help us understand what your companies are already doing and what you need. • USO Pathfinder Program • Building relationships between transitioning service members, military spouses and local baking industry companies. • Possible bases for a test launch include Ft. Hood (Texas), Ft. Stewart (Georgia), Ft. Riley (Kansas), Ft. Bragg (North Carolina)
Front Line Supervisor Leadership Training Leaders Return to Work Knowing How To: • Transform actively disengaged teammates • Communicate up and down • Leadership Principles • Tools and Techniques to improve quality through leadership • Safety and Productivity in your facility 3-Day Comprehensive Bakery-Focused Leadership Course • Production • Packaging • Sanitation • Any in-facility department employee who is on the track to be a supervisor or currently a supervisor Next Training: January 27-30th, 2020 Baltimore, MD
ABA Professional Staff Robb MacKie President & CEO Hailey Blumenreich Marketing & Communications Coordinator Jennifer Colfelt Vice President, Finance & Operations IBIE Assistant Treasurer Zachary Decker Membership Engagement Coordinator Jack Detiveaux Manager, Government Relations and Public Affairs Christina Donnelly Director of Industry Relations & Strategic Initiatives Teresa Grant Director of Finance IBIE Finance Manager Katie Juhl Director of Communications & Marketing Kelly Knowles Vice President, Political & State Affairs Kelly Kotche Director, Membership & Engagement IBIE Registration Manager Samantha Moore, CMP Senior Director, Meetings & Education IBIE Assistant Secretary, Housing & Transportation Manager Pippa O’Shea Education Manager Lee Sanders, CAE Senior Vice President Government Relations & Public Affairs, Corporate Secretary David Van Laar Senior Advisor to the President & CEO: B&CMA Transition & Development Vanessa Vial Assistant Director of Education Rasma Zvaners Vice President, Regulatory & Technical Services
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