June 10/Washington -- The Grocery Manufacturers Association has issued the following statement by GMA president and CEO Pamela G. Bailey regarding introduction of the U.S. House of Representative’s child nutrition reauthorization bill, the Improving Nutrition for America’s Children Act by Chairman George Miller (D-CA) of the House Education and Labor Committee:
“The Grocery Manufacturers Association strongly supports efforts to feed many more children through school lunch and breakfast programs and to increase the number of healthy choices in the cafeteria. We share chairman Miller's priorities for a stronger Child Nutrition Act, including increased access to the school meals programs, science-based standards for foods sold in schools, and more healthy foods available in the cafeteria.