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‘Add Milk!’ SNAP incentive pilot expanding

A fourth Lubbock, Texas, location to increase access to healthy fluid milk.

September 1, 2021

The Add Milk! pilot project, created in the 2018 USDA farm bill, is designed to research whether incentive programs for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will increase the consumption of healthy fluid milk among SNAP recipients, according to The Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty (Baylor University).

IDFA now accepting nominations for annual industry awards

Winners will be announced and recognized at Dairy Forum 2022 in Palm Desert, Calif.

August 19, 2021

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) said it is seeking nominations for three awards presented annually to leaders in the dairy industry: the IDFA Laureate Award, the 2022 Innovative Dairy Farmer of the Year Award and the IDFA Food Safety Leadership Award.

European Commission delays health certificate regulation

IDFA said the move protects U.S. dairy exports and global infant nutrition supply chains.

August 11, 2021

After months of advocacy by the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) with U.S. and European officials, the European Commission (EC) decided Aug. 10 to extend the implementation deadline for its new health certificate requirements to Jan. 15, 2022.

IDFA’s Dairy Forum to return live in 2022

Themed ‘New. Now. Next.’, the event will take place Jan. 23-26 in Palm Desert, Calif.

July 28, 2021

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) said Dairy Forum will be back “live and in person” in 2022 and that registration for the event opens July 28.

IDFA welcomes 30 into NextGen Leadership Program

The group of emerging dairy-industry leaders was selected based on their experience and scope of responsibility within their organizations.

July 19, 2021

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) said 30 future leaders of the dairy industry were accepted into the third class of the NextGen Leadership Program, a signature program of IDFA’s People Strategy.

Ice Cream sales, production are hot again ahead of National Ice Cream Day

Recent data provided to IDFA show hard ice cream production for the first five months of 2021 running ahead of last year, when hard ice cream production set a five-year high.

July 15, 2021

With National Ice Cream Day just around the corner, Americans are lining up at scoop shops and grocery checkout lines at near-record numbers to get their favorite flavors of ice cream.

IDFA reacts to FDA final rule related to yogurt

The association said the rule threatens to remove popular yogurt products from grocery store shelves and harm dairy food makers.

July 13, 2021

Joseph Scimeca, Ph.D., senior vice president of regulatory and scientific affairs for Washington, D.C.-based IDFA, issued a statement on IDFA’s formal objection to the final rule.

IDFA promotes Heather Soubra to senior vp, strategic initiatives

The association also names Matt Herrick senior vp, public affairs and communications, and executive director of the IDFA Foundation.

July 8, 2021

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) announced the promotion of Heather Soubra to the new position of senior vice president, strategic initiatives, effective July 1.

IDFA lauds passage of FY2022 appropriations bill for USDA, FDA, related agencies

Michael Dykes, D.V.M., IDFA’s president and CEO, issued a statement on the passage.

July 1, 2021

On June 30,the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations passed its fiscal year 2022 appropriations bill for the USDA, FDA and related agencies.

Dairy groups applaud letter urging USDA to make low-fat flavored milk school flexibilities permanent

The letter specifically requests making permanent a current flexibility that allows schools to offer low-fat flavored milk.

May 27, 2021

A bipartisan group of more than 50 members of the U.S. House of Representatives today sent a letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack urging USDA to address the underconsumption of dairy foods among American school-aged children.

Tharp & Young on Ice Cream: An Encyclopedic Guide to Ice Cream Science and Technology

An at once an all-inclusive guide to the meaning of hundreds of technical terms and ideas needed for ice cream manufacturing, as well as a practical introduction to the ingredients, freezing methods, flavoring, and packaging of ice cream, sherbet, sorbet, gelato, frozen yogurts, novelties and many other kinds of frozen desserts.

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