Pet Food Institute

Based in DC

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AI Overview

With $1.9M in lobbying spend across 33 quarterly filings, Pet Food Institute is a significant lobbying presence. Their lobbying covers 13 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$1.9M

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$110K
2019	$77K
2020	$80K
2021	$100K
2022	$110K
2023	$220K
2024	$660K
2025	$590K

Issues Lobbied

Trade Budget/Appropriations Agriculture Animals Transportation Trucking/Shipping Food Industry Fuel/Gas/Oil Tariffs Marine/Maritime RRR Taxation Economics

Lobbying Firms

Pet Food Institute

Lobbyists

Peter Tabor Morgan Beach Atalie Ebersole Betsy Flores Dana Brooks

Government Agencies Targeted

These are the government entities that Pet Food Institute disclosed contacting in their lobbying filings.

Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSENATEU.S. Trade Representative (USTR)Food & Drug Administration (FDA)Surface Transportation Board (STB)Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)Transportation, Dept of (DOT)Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)Federal Maritime CommissionPresident of the U.S.Commerce, Dept of (DOC)Energy, Dept ofEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)Federal Trade Commission (FTC)Intl Trade Administration (ITA)U.S. Customs & Border ProtectionU.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)White House OfficeCouncil on Environmental Quality (CEQ)+13 more

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What They Lobby About

These are actual descriptions from their quarterly lobbying disclosure filings, summarizing what they lobbied Congress and federal agencies about.Issue areas: Trade, Budget/Appropriations, Agriculture, Animals, Transportation and 8 more

Discussions regarding NAFTA, steel/aluminum tariffs (section 232), proposed China tariffs (301)

Additional funding for the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) for feed ingredient approvals.