Articles Tagged with ''IDFA''

IDFA, other food industry associations ask for tax relief for key essential workers

The organizations sent a letter to President Trump on April 10.

April 15, 2020

Following an April 3 letter to congressional leadership urging targeted financial aid be provided through the next coronavirus relief package to workers in the critical food industry, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and other food industry associations sent a letter to President Donald Trump homing in on a key recommendation.

The coronavirus and the dairy industry: an IDFA update

While this outbreak and IDFA’s response shift by the day, the association is working on five key issues in Washington.

Michael Dykes

March 25, 2020

While the COVID-19 pandemic has upended life as we have known it for most Americans, the U.S. dairy industry — from our farmers to our truckers to our processors and our grocers — has diligently persisted in providing Americans with the safe, nutritious, high-quality dairy products they rely on.

IDFA names Joseph Scimeca senior vice president, regulatory and scientific affairs

Scimeca is a food safety expert and toxicologist by training.

March 2, 2020

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) said it named Joseph Scimeca, Ph.D., senior vice president, regulatory and scientific affairs.

IDFA opens nominations for 2020 Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Awards

The program honors facilities and trucking operations for outstanding worker safety performance.

February 4, 2020

The International Dairy Foods Association said it is now accepting applications for the 16th annual Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Awards, a program that honors facilities and trucking operations for outstanding worker safety performance.

IDFA recognizes lawmakers, policy leaders for efforts to support dairy

Annual Celebration of Dairy holiday reception pays tribute to five officials who helped to advance policies important to the future of U.S. dairy.

December 5, 2019

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), Washington, D.C., said it recognized five individuals whose careers have positively impacted the trajectory of U.S. dairy.

IDFA recognizes dairy companies for outstanding safety achievements

Kathie Canning

August 2, 2019

The Washington, D.C.-based International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) said it recognized 41 dairy companies for their outstanding achievements in worker safety in 2019 with the IDFA Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Award. This is the 16th year that IDFA has sponsored this program.

IDFA: Geographical indications in new EU-Canada trade agreement violate international trade commitments

Limitations on the use of generic names ‘clearly violate’ Canadian intellectual property procedures, the association said.

September 22, 2017

Limitations on the use of generic names ‘clearly violate’ Canadian intellectual property procedures, the association said.

IDFA’s Tipton urges creativity

Connie Tipton

March 12, 2013

We as an industry understand what the former editor of the Harvard Business Review Theodore Levitt meant when he observed, “Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.”

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FPSA Dairy Council elects new board

May 16, 2012

The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) elected officers and new directors to its Dairy Council Board.

Dairy processors take their case to the U.S. Senate

May 14, 2012

In late April, dairy industry leaders called for the Senate Agriculture Committee to remove a new dairy program that is designed to control milk prices from the draft 2012 Farm Bill and instead focus on providing proven safety-net programs, such as revenue insurance, typically used for other commodities.

The global cosmetics market is undergoing a major shift towards the use of natural bioactive ingredients as consumers grow more skeptical of traditional formulations and demand greater transparency and sustainability.