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March 12, 2010
USDA Requests Added Resources for School Breakfast Program
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack marked National School Breakfast Week this week by calling for increased participation in the School Breakfast Program to help improve the health and nutrition of children throughout the country. The Obama administration is asking Congress, as part of the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act, to increase the ...
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March 12, 2010
Brazil's Plans for Retaliatory Tariffs Include U.S. Dairy Products
Trade tensions increased between Brazil and the United States on Monday when the Brazilian government unveiled plans to retaliate against U.S. cotton subsidies by increasing tariffs on select U.S. imports, including dairy. The plan, which will likely take effect within a month unless the governments reach an agreement, strategically targets more th...
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March 12, 2010
Aligning Industry Messaging Is Key for MilkPEP CEO
Marking her one-year anniversary as CEO of the Milk Processor Education Program this month, Vivien Godfrey told DairyLine listeners that one of her most important accomplishments has been making sure that MilkPEP works closely with producer organizations to align activities and messages. "The single objective of MilkPEP is to encourage American con...
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March 12, 2010
Dairy Accountants: IDFA Offers Workshop Just for You
Efficiency, strategy and skill will be the focus of this year's IDFA Dairy Cost Accounting Workshop, May 11-12 at the Hyatt Regency in Rosemont, Ill. The workshop is designed to offer everything a dairy accountant needs to know to add value and multiply earnings without dividing profits or subtracting quality. Topics will include milk pricing, tax...
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March 12, 2010
Sayler Takes IDFA Board Position at NCIMS; Frye Remains Program Chair
IDFA's regulatory staff works tirelessly on food safety issues on behalf of members, often serving in national leadership positions for a variety of organizations. In an effort to balance responsibilities and representation, IDFA has asked Allen Sayler, IDFA vice president, to represent the association on the Executive Board of the National Confere...
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March 5, 2010
FDA Warns Food Industry on Labeling Claims
The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that it recently sent warning letters regarding labeling issues to 17 food companies. FDA also released a letter to the food industry urging all companies to adhere to current regulations on trans fat claims, labeling of foods for children and health claims. In this letter, FDA announced plans to...
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March 5, 2010
Saunders Joins First Lady on Agenda for School Nutrition Conference
First Lady Michelle Obama addressed the School Nutrition Association Legislative Action Conference in Washington, D.C. this week to highlight her newly launched "Let's Move" initiative to fight childhood obesity. IDFA Vice President Ruth Saunders, also on the program, applauded the initiative and outlined several key ways that the dairy industry ca...
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March 5, 2010
MilkPEP Ad Toasts Michelle Obama's Initiative on Obesity
The Milk Processor Education Program unveiled a new ad this week to applaud Michelle Obama's new initiative, "Let's Move," which aims to solve childhood obesity within a generation. MilkPEP joined with the National Dairy Council and its "Fuel Up to Play 60" program with the National Football League, as well as with the School Nutrition Association,...
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March 5, 2010
FDA Clarifies Labeling Rules for High Fructose Corn Syrup
The Food and Drug Administration clarified in January the labeling rules for high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). According to a letter written by Felicia Billingslea, director of Food Labeling and Standards in FDA's Office of Nutrition, Labeling and Dietary Supplements, the presence of high fructose corn syrup may be declared by the use of the term "c...
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March 5, 2010
2009 PMO Now Available Online
The Food and Drug Administration has just released the electronic version of the 2009 Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO), which contains the changes from the April 2009 National Conference of Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS) Conference. IDFA and Milk Industry Foundation members successfully advocated for many of the changes, which directly affect st...
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