To appropriate funds for the provision of emergency financial assistance to producers and first handlers of fresh tomatoes for losses incurred as a result of the removal of fresh tomatoes and products containing fresh tomatoes from the market and other actions undertaken in response to a public health advisory regarding tomatoes issued by the Food and Drug Administration in June 2008.

H.R. 3610 - Food and Drug Import Safety Act of 2007 S. 2077 - The Fresh Produce Safety Act S. 654 - The Safe Food Act S. 2245 - The Food Safety Authority Modernization Act S. 2418 - Ending Agricultural Threats: Safeguarding America's Food for Everyone (EAT SAFE) Act of 2007 S. 1776 - Imported Food Security Act of 2007 S. 1274 - Human and Pet Food Safety Act of 2007 H.R. 3624 Consumer Food Safety Act of 2007 H.R. 6581 to compensate Tomato Growers for FDA misinformation

Client expense: $640,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Minerals Management Service, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

S. 3289, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations bill, House of Representatives FY09 Agriculture Appropriations bill, and H.R. 2638, Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009: funding of export promotion programs, specialty crop provisions in the Food, Conservation and Energy Act, disaster assistance for tomatoes, and value added grants; opposed Senate reduction of funding for specialty crop research and block grant programs contained in the Food, Conservation and Energy Act; H.R. 6581: appropriation of funds for financial assistance for tomato growers harmed as a result of FDA actions during the salmonella outbreak; disaster assistance for tomato growers

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,206

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)