Arlington, VA – Today, FMI – The Food Industry Association provided comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the Draft National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics put forth by EPA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In its comments, FMI underscored the importance of addressing food loss and waste throughout the entire food supply chain and offered recommendations for consideration as the three agencies finalize the National Strategy. FMI Vice President, Tax, Trade, Sustainability and Policy Development Andy Harig commended the agencies for incentivizing food donation in their approach. Noted Harig, "As steps are taken to implement the National Strategy, FMI encourages the agencies to address capacity building and expanding the infrastructure needed to manage surges in demand for food donations.