Advocacy
Every post the Federation has filed under Advocacy.
The exemption math members keep hitting
A federal comment window on small-producer food-safety exemptions is open again. Here's why the exact wording of the sales-channel math matters more than it sounds.
Read postThe pricing formula conversation is gathering steam
A federal review of the formulas behind your milk check has been building all year, and an industry forum this fall is where member cost data could actually…
Read postThe shipment rule members keep asking about
A federal comment period on interstate cheese shipment has drawn more member testimony than any issue this year. Here's where it stands and how to weigh in before…
Read postMembers are asked to weigh in on pricing reform
A federal review of the milk pricing formula is gathering member input this fall. The federation is coordinating comments and wants your experience from this volatile year.
Read postThe label that shrank with the package
As packaging costs push some members toward smaller wheels and wedges, the federation is fielding a fresh round of questions about net-weight labeling standards.
Read postThe label question nobody answers the same way
Members keep asking the federation the same labeling question in different words. We looked at why the answer is harder than it should be, and what we're doing…
Read postThe shipment rule industry keeps arguing about
Interstate cheese shipment rules are back in front of regulators this summer, and the federation is asking members to weigh in before the comment window closes.
Read postWhat crossing a state line costs your cheese
Direct-to-consumer cheese sales keep growing, but a shipment that crosses a state line can trigger a different labeling or licensing rule than the one you shipped under yesterday.
Read postWeighing the wedge you cut
A proposed change to how net-weight tolerances get calculated would barely register at a large plant. For a two-person creamery weighing wheels by hand, it's a different story.
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