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HSY: second_quarter 2026 lobbying report

Support for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and opposition to changes in benefits administration, including opposition to Healthy SNAP Act of 2025 (S.561/H.R.479) FY27 Ag-FDA Appropriations: SNAP Restrictions, Food Ingredients Food labeling and packaging issues; no bill number Food safety and ingredient issues; no bill number Nutrition issues including sodium; no bill number Cocoa supply chain and related trade matters; no bill number Tariffs, including exempting cocoa (no bill number) USMCA FY27 Ag-FDA Appropriations: Cocoa research Sugar reform implementation

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Became public
Jul 20, 2026, 1:32 PM EDT
Event / period date
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Collected
Nov 10, 2026, 10:46 AM EST

Why this is connected

Legal-name match: HERSHEY COMPANY is HERSHEY CO (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/), differing only in punctuation, "the" or suffix spelling (Corp/Corporation).

Reported lobbying amounts

Expenses: $100,000.00

These are different reporting measures. They are not added together or treated as spending on one particular bill.

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