The undersigned organizations and their members would like to bring to your attention a matter regarding the creation of a “healthy food” definition that would supplement the current “food” definition in the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement (SSUTA). We are opposed to this further fracturing of the “food” definition, and we are very concerned about the added complexity this new definition brings to the current definition of food and the ultimate difficulty in administering it. The adoption of this “healthy food” amendment may likely lead an entire industry to oppose the adoption of the pending federal enabling legislation and the SSUTA in states that have not yet adopted the agreement

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