WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.270 --> 00:00:02.440 My name is Sarah Brandmeier and I am 2 00:00:02.440 --> 00:00:05.080 the Manager of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs 3 00:00:05.080 --> 00:00:07.760 for the American Frozen Food Institute. 4 00:00:07.760 --> 00:00:11.670 We are a national trade association 5 00:00:11.670 --> 00:00:14.240 and we promote the interests of the frozen 6 00:00:14.240 --> 00:00:15.713 food and beverage industry. 7 00:00:16.550 --> 00:00:21.550 line:15% I work pretty closely with the other members at AFFI 8 00:00:22.291 --> 00:00:26.290 line:15% or my colleagues at AFFI and I also interact 9 00:00:26.290 --> 00:00:30.940 line:15% with our membership and I, as I said, 10 00:00:30.940 --> 00:00:33.890 line:15% I work with my team and we really watch 11 00:00:33.890 --> 00:00:35.450 line:15% the regulatory landscape, you know, 12 00:00:35.450 --> 00:00:37.843 line:15% what's going on in the frozen food industry. 13 00:00:38.910 --> 00:00:41.610 line:15% And we really, we watch closely at what's 14 00:00:41.610 --> 00:00:45.100 going on in DC but also more broadly. 15 00:00:45.100 --> 00:00:49.900 For me, I really look at what's happening nutrition-wise 16 00:00:49.900 --> 00:00:52.720 and how that might affect our members 17 00:00:52.720 --> 00:00:55.040 and then go from there. 18 00:00:55.040 --> 00:00:57.400 I work with the rest of the 19 00:00:57.400 --> 00:00:59.700 line:15% Scientific and Regulatory Affairs team 20 00:00:59.700 --> 00:01:01.510 line:15% and we kind of act accordingly. 21 00:01:01.510 --> 00:01:04.600 line:15% If it's a really big issue for our membership 22 00:01:04.600 --> 00:01:06.340 line:15% that's kind of when we make the decision 23 00:01:06.340 --> 00:01:09.680 line:15% of how we're going to go from there. 24 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:14.330 I do spend a good portion of my time at the office 25 00:01:14.330 --> 00:01:17.090 but there's also the opportunity to go downtown 26 00:01:17.090 --> 00:01:19.590 into DC and attend different meetings, 27 00:01:19.590 --> 00:01:22.870 attend different conferences and meet 28 00:01:22.870 --> 00:01:26.090 and interact with others in the industry. 29 00:01:26.090 --> 00:01:31.090 So one of the projects that we've worked on 30 00:01:31.330 --> 00:01:34.190 is monitoring the nutrition facts panel 31 00:01:34.190 --> 00:01:36.730 and then assessing how it would affect 32 00:01:36.730 --> 00:01:39.490 our membership and moving forward 33 00:01:39.490 --> 00:01:42.630 and how we would proceed with that issue. 34 00:01:42.630 --> 00:01:46.030 line:15% So a lot of the time a member will come to us 35 00:01:46.030 --> 00:01:48.637 line:15% and they'll say, "Hey, you know, 36 00:01:48.637 --> 00:01:50.280 line:15% "can you look more into this?" 37 00:01:50.280 --> 00:01:52.747 line:15% Or, "What does this mean in the regulation? 38 00:01:52.747 --> 00:01:54.560 "Can you help us with this?" 39 00:01:54.560 --> 00:01:58.390 Or, that's kind of how we decide what we're going to do 40 00:01:58.390 --> 00:01:59.970 is we really use our membership 41 00:01:59.970 --> 00:02:02.223 and that's how we move forward.