NCIMS

National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS)

NCIMS is a non-profit organization whose goal is to "Assure the Safest Possible Milk Supply for All the People." The Conference is made up of persons involved in the dairy industry, from the dairy farmer, to processing plant personnel, to those persons involved in inspecting the dairy farmer's operation and/or the processing plant, to those persons who make the laws concerning the inspections, to those who enforce the laws, to the academic researcher and adviser, to the consumer of the dairy products.

With assistance from nearly 70 Milk Industry Foundation members, IDFA successfully advocated more flexibility in the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance at the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments conference in spring 2009. The NCIMS delegates adopted four MIF proposals and 69 others that will increase processing flexibility and decrease unnecessary requirements without compromising public health safety.

Most important for members was the adoption of a new definition of Grade A that will eliminate inconsistencies from state to state and encourage the development of innovative non-standard milk products, such as milk beverages, smoothies and cultured dairy desserts.

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