The California Legislature reconvened on Monday, January 5, 2015. This is the first year of the two-year Legislative Session.
 

Throughout January and February, thousands of new bills will be introduced. CLFP staff will review each of these measures and make determinations, with the assistance of the CLFP Legislative Affairs Committee, about the impacts these measures will have on the food processing industry.

The key issues of concern to CLFP in 2015 include clean-up to the 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act,  recycling of food packaging materials, energy, food safety, food labeling, food banks, and employer mandates.     

CLFP will be hosting its Seventh Annual Day at the Capitol on February 17, 2015 in an effort to meet with the new legislators early in the legislative session to educate them about the food processing industry in California and the issues impacting the industry.

To keep up with the latest legislative developments and help guide CLFP’s policy direction, please join the CLFP’s Legislative Affairs Committee. Please contact Trudi Hughes (trudi@clfp.com) if you are interested in participating on this committee.

Article written by Trudi Hughes, CLFP Government Affairs Director