Kraft Foods spent US$730,000 in Q2 lobbying U.S. government on issues such as transportation, agriculture, food safety, milk price regulation, according to disclosure report

Cindy Allen

WASHINGTON , August 29, 2011 (Associated Press) – Kraft Foods Inc. spent $730,000 in the second quarter to lobby the federal government on transportation, agriculture, food safety, milk price regulation, marketing and other matters, according to a recent disclosure report.

That's more than the $680,000 it spent a year earlier and the $720,000 it spent in the first quarter.

The nation's largest food maker lobbied Congress, U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Office of Management and Budget, the Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Trade Respresentative and other agencies from April through June, according to the report it filed July 20 with the House clerk's office

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