Articles Tagged with ''dairy policy''

Scientific evidence should inform updated Dietary Guidelines for Americans

Science continues to be on dairy’s side.

June 3, 2020

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) are updated every five years to provide Americans with a roadmap for healthy eating. They also are the cornerstone recommendations used to develop federal food and nutrition programs.

Here’s to a boring and successful appropriations process

Last year was mercifully dull on the budget front, and it looks like FY2021 could, thankfully, be a repeat performance

Tony Eberhard

March 27, 2020

Boring is good, at least when it comes to the federal appropriations process that is about to begin anew for fiscal year (FY) 2021. When an appropriations bill makes it into the headlines, it usually means trouble.

Dairy industry leaders visit Washington to advance dairy’s appropriations priorities

The group will spend time on Capitol Hill urging lawmakers to increase funding for the SNAP milk incentive program, continue important research and collaboration on ice cream food waste solutions, and more.

February 26, 2020

On Feb. 26, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) said dairy industry leaders from across the country were in Washington, D.C., to urge congressional leaders and appropriators to fund important research, a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) milk incentive pilot program, and dairy standards modernization at the FDA in fiscal year (FY) 2021.

Dairy organizations applaud Secretary Perdue’s commitment to protect common names

Perdue points to geographical indications as trade barriers.

January 30, 2020

The U.S. Dairy Export Council, the National Milk Producers Federation and the Consortium for Common Food Names expressed appreciation for Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue’s denunciation of geographical indications as trade barriers.

IDFA’s Cary Frye testifies to Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

She says false claims about dairy ‘have confused and scared the public.’

January 24, 2020

Cary Frye, senior vice president for regulatory affairs with the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) in Washington, D.C., will give oral testimony on Jan. 24 to the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) at the USDA Children's Nutrition Research Center in Houston.

Dairy industry leaders to travel to Capitol Hill to implore lawmakers to pass USMCA

With passage of USMCA in jeopardy, a dozen executives from North America’s largest dairy companies are traveling to Washington, D.C., to speak directly with Congress and the Trump administration.

December 3, 2019

A dozen executives from North America’s largest dairy companies will travel to Washington, D.C., on Dec. 4 to advocate directly with members of Congress and Trump administration officials for passage of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

California food and agriculture representatives will head to Capitol Hill on July 24

Farmers, ranchers, producers and growers will advocate to their members of Congress for swift passage of USMCA.

July 22, 2019

Farmers, ranchers, producers and growers will advocate to their members of Congress for swift passage of USMCA.

Consortium for Common Food Names urges president to address cheese trade deficit

The deficit is being driven by abuse of geographical indications, CCFN said.

May 14, 2019

The deficit is being driven by abuse of geographical indications, CCFN said.

Food and ag groups, companies urge Congress to pass USMCA

Congress must pass the trade agreement, letter says, to enable food and agriculture to trade more fairly with top two markets.

May 6, 2019

Congress must pass the trade agreement, letter says, to enable food and agriculture to trade more fairly with top two markets.

Dairy policy and the new Congress

The dairy industry has a positive story that needs to be communicated to policymakers

J. David Carlin

March 7, 2019

The new Congress that convened in January will have implications for federal dairy policy. Republicans maintain control of the Senate, but Democrats are now in charge of the House of Representatives, which will likely lead to greater oversight of the Trump administration, including the USDA. Moreover, with more than 100 new representatives and senators now seated, we must ensure that Congress understands and appreciates dairy’s unique nutritional benefits.

The right flavor or flavor combination can add excitement to — and encourage trial of — new dairy products such as ice cream, cultured dairy products and dairy beverages. Conversely, the wrong flavor or flavor combination can result in new product failure.

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