Nearly three-quarters of Americans say they are making a change regarding intake of carbohydrates, according to “2011 Food & Health Survey: Consumer Attitudes Toward Food Safety, Nutrition & Health” from the International Food Information Council, Washington, D.C. More than half say that they are trying to limit sugars.

Since then FDA and our academic partner JIFSAN have held eight Good Agricultural Practices workshops in Mexico—more than in any other country. Numerous technical experts have shared their knowledge in areas such as laboratories, seafood and dairy processing, and food packaging. FDA has hosted 40 visitors in 14 delegations to facilitate information exchange between our countries.

Welcome to Jim Carper's Dairy Case, a look at the people, processors and products in the news. In this issue:  Attitude Drinks, Milk PEP, FDA, Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, National Ice Cream Mix Association and more.

A federal court has granted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration a permanent injunction preventing Rainbow Acres Farm from distributing raw milk and raw milk products in final package form for human consumption across state lines

On-Demand: Learn insights on how FDA field investigators and their state dairy regulatory counterparts will be enforcing the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Have your Quality Assurance, Regulatory and Operations staff update key programs to be ready for the inevitable FDA FSMA inspection, starting as early as July 5, 2012.