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Jul 28 15:12

NMPF Again Reminds Food and Drug Administration That Food Packages Need To Be Properly Labeled With Appropriate Product Names

By: Sarah
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NMPF Letter Part of Ongoing Effort To Stop Use of “Milk,” “Yogurt” On Imitation Dairy Foods

ARLINGTON, VA – As part of its continuing effort to prompt the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to crack down on improperly labeled imitation dairy products, the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) submitted comments today asking the FDA to scrutinize whether the packaging of such foods is giving consumers accurate information.

The FDA is in the process of accepting public comments on what types of point-of-purchase nutrition information, including the product labels on the packages, as well as store shelf tags, should be conveyed to shoppers. In its comments to FDA, NMPF stressed that the actual name of the food on the package – one of the most basic pieces of information that appears on every packaged food – does impact consumers’ food purchasing decisions, and conveys crucial nutritional information about the product.  read more»

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Foundation for the Future

NMPF's Foundation for the FutureThe National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) has created a new roadmap for U.S. dairy policy called Foundation for the Future (FFTF). As envisioned by NMPF, FFTF will bring much-needed change to many aspects of current dairy programs, some of which have existed for decades. Unfortunately, a number of these programs were designed in an earlier time to operate in a relatively closed domestic market. Today’s market for U.S. dairy farmers’ milk, however, is influenced to a much greater degree by global demand and supply, as the record prices of 2008 – and their disastrous plunge in 2009 – have clearly demonstrated.
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NMPF Joint Annual Meeting

Every fall, the National Milk Producers Federation organizes a joint annual meeting with the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board (NDB) and the United Dairy Industry Association (UDIA). Dairy producers, member cooperatives, Young Cooperators (YCs), industry representatives, staff, and others from all over the country arrive for a few days of speeches, reports, banquets, general sessions, town hall meetings, and award ceremonies. Taking place in a different U.S. city each year, the annual meeting represents an opportunity for those active in the dairy industry to get together and share in their common accomplishments and challenges, as well as discuss the best route for the industry's future.

The 2010 Annual Meeting will be held October 26 - 28 at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, NV. The meeting's theme will be "Creating a Path to Prosperity."
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Mission Statement

NMPF is a farm commodity organization representing most of the dairy marketing cooperatives serving this nation. NMPF members market the majority of the milk produced in the U.S., making the NMPF the principal voice on national issues for dairy cooperatives and their dairy farmer members.


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Other Organizations

NMPF manages Cooperatives Working Together, a voluntary, producer-funded, multi-dimensional, national program that has been strengthening milk prices and bringing long-term price stability to America's dairy farm families since 2003:

Cooperatives Working Together

 

 

 

The National Dairy FARM Program: Farmers Assuring Responsible Management℠ is a nation-wide, verifiable program that addresses animal well-being. Its mission is to demonstrate and verify that U.S. milk producers are committed to providing the highest standards of animal care and quality assurance:

National Dairy FARM Program


The American Butter Institute is a trade association for manufacturers, processors, marketers, and distributors of butter and butter products. Originally established as the National Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers in 1908, ABI's mission is to promote and protect the interest and welfare of the butter industry:

American Butter Institute