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 The American Bakers Association is pleased to announce the addition of four new members to its 2010 - 2012 Board of Directors.
Gary Prince, president of Bimbo Bakeries USA, has stepped off ABA's Executive Committee and Board of Directors. Howard "Robin" Alton III, president & CEO of the Pan-O-Gold Baking Company, will take Mr. Prince's place as ABA's first vice chairman. The vacated second vice chairman role has been assumed by Fred Penny, executive vice president at Bimbo Bakeries USA. These changes will be formally considered at the 2011 ABA Convention.
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ABA FTRAC Meeting Covers Key Nutrition and Food Safety Issues Impacting Bakers 
ABA's Food Technical Regulatory Affairs Committee (FTRAC) discussed key nutrition and food safety issues when it met in Savannah on Oct. 22. As part of the meeting, the committee participated in roundtable dialogue on a variety of issues including sodium reduction efforts; the evolving technology of dietary fiber analysis; ABA's efforts on the 2010 Dietary Guidelines and child nutrition reauthorization; and issues surrounding food safety. "The outcome of the pending food safety legislation and trends on the reportable food registry are of great interest to the committee, said ABA Senior Vice President, Government Relations and Public Affairs Lee Sanders. "Food safety activities, including a heightened number of inspections with strong enforcement activities will continue to move forward even if the pending legislation is not passed in the 111th Congress."
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Register Now for the ABA Human Resources Committee 2011 Winter Meeting!
- Special presentation on union avoidance
- Congressional staff briefings on pension reform efforts and the labor agenda in the 112th Congress
- In-depth discussions on possible new regulations impacting the baking industry in 2011, including:
- Department of Labor Plan, Prevent and Protect efforts
- NLRB rule-makings and decisions that could increase card-check type elections
- New OSHA policies and enforcement plans
- Update on healthcare reform regulations
- Reception on Capitol Hill
- Special Guest Speaker - Rep. John Kline, House Education and Labor Committee (invited)
- Human Resource and Labor Relations round-table discussions
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Please visit www.RisetoAction.org to access a variety of mid-term election (members-only) resources. To learn more about ABA's Political Involvement Programs please contact ABA Director of Political Affairs Kelly Knowles at 202-789-0300 or kknowles@americanbakers.org
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The American Bakers Association (ABA) advocates on behalf of over 700 baking facilities and their suppliers.
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$70B | The baking industry generates more than $70 billion in economic activity annually.
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The baking industry employs close to half a million highly skilled people. |
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ABA Membership & Communications Department Karin M. Soyster, CMP, CAE - Vice President, Membership Services
Kelly Kotche - Director, Membership and Communications
Margaret Collins - Membership Services & Web site Coordinator
American Bakers Association
1300 I Street, NW, Suite 700 West
Washington, DC 20005
202-789-0300 phone
202-898-1164 fax
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