IDFA calls on Congress to pass Ocean Shipping Reform Act
The association formed a Supply Chain Task Force to develop policy recommendations to address severe supply chain disruptions.
The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) announced the formation of a Supply Chain Task Force to develop policy recommendations to address severe supply chain disruptions affecting the U.S. dairy industry. Formation of the task force comes as the food and agriculture sector deals with several mounting challenges, including labor shortages, steadily increasing costs for inputs such as ingredients and packaging, and major challenges moving products through sea and land ports. Supply chain challenges are affecting the dairy industry’s ability to remain profitable, support good-paying jobs and provide healthy, nutritious food to families around the world.
IDFA said many of these issues will be discussed on Nov. 3 in a hearing titled, “The Immediate Challenges to our Nation’s Food Supply Chain,” hosted by the House Agriculture Committee and featuring testimony by Michael Durkin, president and CEO of Leprino Foods Co., the world’s largest mozzarella cheesemaker, and a director on the IDFA Executive Council.