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International Foodservice Distributors Association

Trade association PAC FEC C00383521

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$97K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $1.7M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the trade association’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the trade association’s employees or members; the trade association itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

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International Foodservice Distributors Association reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)8 of 88/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
  • Transportation8 of 88/8
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice 3 of 8 · Torts 2 of 8 · Show all 7
  • Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice3 of 83/8
  • Torts2 of 82/8

Bills named in the filings 44 bills, this period

39 more, 20 named in only one filing · Show all 44

From the filings

“H.R. 2853/S. 1404, the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act, all provisions”
Q3 2026 filing · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
“The Administrations 2025/2026 trade policy agenda, including tariffs; Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA)”
Q3 2026 filing · Trade (domestic/foreign)

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • CommerceDOC
  • Food & Drug AdministrationFDA
  • Health & Human ServicesHHS
  • LaborDOL
  • Occupational Safety & Health AdministrationOSHA
  • TransportationDOT
  • U.S. International Trade CommissionITC
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • White House Office
  • 7 more

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by International Foodservice Distributors Association, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 37 sitting members of Congress and 3 other candidates in 2025–26.

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