US: Food trade body GMA names Darragh in policy role
By: Dean Best | 25 May 2011
The Grocery Manufacturers Association, which represents US food manufacturers, has named a key lobbyist in the biotechnology industry to a newly-created role to push its members' interests in the global policy arena.
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The Grocery Manufacturers Association, which represents US food manufacturers, has named a key lobbyist in the biotechnology industry to a newly-created role to push its members' interests in the global policy arena.

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