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Appropriations committee puts emergency food‑bank stockpile request on one‑time list, members ask about shelf life
Summary
Committee discussed a request to fund stockpiles (including Meals Ready to Eat) for emergency management and food‑bank response; members expressed concern about shelf life and storage and placed the request on the one‑time funding list for further consideration.
The committee reviewed an administration request to create or expand supply stockpiles for emergency response—water and food, including meals ready to eat (MREs)—that would be available to local food banks and emergency management partners in the event of disasters. Staff and the director of emergency management had suggested maintaining…
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