Attorney General’s Office Announces Nearly $1.7 Million in Grants to Food Banks Throughout Florida

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that eight food
banks will share nearly $1.7 million in grants from a settlement agreement
reached by the Attorney General’s Office in 2010. The multi-state, class
action settlement agreement involved allegations of an illegal vitamin
price-fixing conspiracy.


 “I am pleased that we can distribute these funds to food banks throughout
Florida, which will help our fellow citizens who are in need,” stated
Attorney General Pam Bondi. “Each of these organizations is a member of the
Florida Association of Food Banks, which feeds an estimated three million
Floridians annually.”


The settlement agreement required the money to be used for the improvement
of health and/or nutrition of the citizens of Florida and/or the
advancement of nutritional, dietary or agricultural science.  The following
is a list of food banks that received grants from the settlement funds
allocated to Florida:


·       Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida: $78,999.14

·       Second Harvest Food Bank Northeast Florida: $174,983.89

·       Feeding South Florida:  $538,251.73

·       Bay Area Food Bank:  $78,999.14

·       Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida: $318,239.93

·       All Faiths Food Bank: $29,324.22

·       America's Second Harvest of the Big Bend: $48,713.46

·       Feeding America Tampa Bay: $334,905.07

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