Harmonic convergence

I had a chance to visit with Bryan Silbermann of PMA and Tom Stenzel of United yesterday about their testimony before the FDA panel. More on that later and in The Packer's news coverage.

Bryan noted that PMA's board will meet later this month and consider if it should stake out the same position that United has relative to the request for strong federal oversight(regulation) of food safety. Of course, so much of the debate now is semantics - FDA's issuance of guidance GAPs is seen as a type of mandate, if you will, by Stenzel and the United Board. In the end, PMA and United must be on the same page on this important issue, and I expect they will.