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Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA), a 112-year-old farmer-owned dairy co-operative based in Tillamook, Ore., said it is the official cheese and butter brand for this season of Bravo's "Top Chef" in Portland, produced by Magical Elves.

The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), both headquartered in Arlington, Va., urged the Biden administration to work to eliminate foreign tariffs on — and nontariff impediments to — U.S. exports, following the March 31 release by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) of the “2021 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers.”

Dairy Foods will be judging this year’s program based on specific outstanding achievements outlined in the entries.

Nestlé USA said its Carnation facility in Modesto, Calif., is the first dairy processing facility in the United States to earn certification under the rigorous Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) standard.

Milk long has been known to have nine essential nutrients. But according to the Washington, D.C.-based Milk Processor Education Program (MilkPEP), new research examined by FDA and a review of the dietary reference intakes (DRIs) by the National Academies show that milk is also a good source of zinc, potassium and selenium and an excellent source of iodine.

Yoplait, a yogurt brand of Minneapolis-based General Mills, said it donated a new $75,000, 53-foot refrigerated trailer truck to help address the insufficient refrigeration infrastructure at Feeding America’s Cadillac, Mich., branch.

Häagen-Dazs, an ice cream brand of Oakland, Calif.-based Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream Inc., with the help of multi-hyphenate creator, Lena Waithe, announced a $1.5 million commitment over the next three years to uplift a new generation of diverse tastemakers and creators.

Registration is now open for the first-ever 3-A Sanitary Standards Inc. (3-A SSI) virtual education program on May 17-18, 2021.

Michael Dykes, D.V.M., president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), gave video comments on March 22 to the USDA on a food purchase and distribution program to succeed the Farmers to Families Food Box Program created in 2020.

Advancing its commitment to regenerative farming systems, La Farge, Wis.-based Organic Valley is partnering with Clean Energy Credit Union (Clean Energy CU) to launch the Powering the Good Loan Fund.