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VendingMarketWatch Top News Stories New FDA Act Doesn't Change Vending Commissary Registration Requirements T he new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) enacted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received a lot of media attention and raised concerns among vending and micro market operators over language that would potentially require increased registration with the FDA. Larry Eils, the National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) Knowledge Source on Health and Safety, told VendingMarketWatch most commissary operators in the vending and micro market segment needn't worry. "According to the registration act, we should be Larry Eils, exempt," said Eils. the NAMA The FSMA act requires Knowledge Source on "facilities engaged in Health and manufacturing, process, Safety packing or holding food for consumption" to submit to registration every other year and possible increased brand, which includes Ring Dings, Yodels, Devil Dogs, Yankee Doodles, Sunny Doodles and Drake's Coffee Cake. United States Bakery, Inc. has agreed to pay $28.85 million for the Sweetheart®, Eddy's®, Standish Farms®, and Grandma Emilie's® bread brands. Flowers Foods, Inc. was selected as the stalking horse bidder for the majority of the assets related to Hostess's bread business, including the Butternut®, Home Pride®, Merita®, Nature's Pride®, Wonder® and Beefsteak® bread brand. FDA's FSMA language has raised concerns. inspections. Vending commissaries don't fall into this category. "We don't sell it [food] to a third party which in turn sells it to someone else," said Eils. Eils' work with legislators places vending more closely in the restaurant and retail food establishments categories, which are exempt from the registration. However, if a commissary is making food for multiple vending companies, not just for consumption by its customers, the commissary would fall under the new FSMA requirements. VendScreen secures new venture capital ▶ VendScreen, Inc. has raised $8.4 million dollars in a Series B round of fundraising with another $7 million reserved from closed-end private investment funds based in Portland, Ore. FDA to finalize calorie disclosure rule ▶ Two years after proposing vending machines. Beverages are limited to water and lowfat or fat free milk and 100 percent fruit/vegetable juice. The rule is currently open for public comment. USDA proposes new school vending rules ▶ In order to establish nutri- tion standards for food sold in all schools, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has proposed the "Smart Snacks in School" rule. It sets limits for sodium, total sugar and calories on snack items, including those sold in school 6 Automatic Merchandiser Canteen acquires Stansfield Vending ▶ Canteen Vending Ser- vices Inc. has purchased the foodservice operations of Stansfield Vending Inc. of La Crosse, Wis., according to Financial Tech Spotlight. VendingMarketWatch.com February 2013 The sale did not include the music and games division. Hostess announces brand bidders ▶ Hostess Brands Inc. announced stalking horse bidders for many of its brands. Under the first stalking horse agreement, McKee Foods Corp. has agreed to pay $27.5 million for the Drake's® the "Food Labeling: Nutrition Labeling of Standard Menu Items in Restaurants and Similar Retail Food Establishments" rule, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is being given a timetable for final action. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget has set the month of April 2013 as the final action period for implementing the rule, which encompasses the requirement that vending operators with 20 or more machines need to post calorie counts for the products they sell.