BAKER COMMODITIES

AGR · Agriculture

Farm Bill: Relating to provisions supporting the rendering industry and food loss; The Butcher Block Act - Relating to the continuation of support programs for small and medium meat and poultry production facilities; Issues relating to disaster relief programs supporting producers affected by the H5N1 outbreak and coverage for safe, secure carcass disposal via rendering; Necessary revisions to the federal government's organic waste recycling policies, including efforts to increase landfill diversion of organics and reduce both food loss and food waste; Available government grants and funding opportunities for agricultural facilities.

WAS · Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear)

Necessary revisions to the federal government's organic waste recycling policies, including efforts to increase landfill diversion of organics and reduce both food loss and food waste; Issues related to the lack of data and scientific analysis underlying the arbitrary and capricious removal of rendering from the EPA-endorsed resource recovery pathways in the EPAs recent report Field to Bin: The Environmental Impacts of U.S. Food Waste Management Pathways (EPA/600/R-23/065) and its associated collateral and initiatives.

SMB · Small Business

Issues pertaining to the Small Business Administrations definition of a small business under the NAICS rendering classification code for rendering.

FUE · Fuel/Gas/Oil

Renewable Fuels Standard tracking and reporting requirements for domestic biofuels feedstocks