Advocacy
Every post the Federation has filed under Advocacy.
The paperwork that crosses a state line
A proposal to change how states recognize each other's interstate dairy shipping approvals is drawing attention from small creameries who ship across state lines. Here's the plan and…
Read postThe raw milk testing pause we're watching
The federal food-safety regulator has said it will pause part of its raw milk cheese testing criteria while it reconsiders the standard. Here's what that means and how…
Read postThe open comment on aging thresholds
A federal comment period on raw-milk aging rules opened this month. Here's what it covers, why small farmstead operations care most, and how to weigh in.
Read postThe tariff line still crossing our desks
The 25 percent duty on European cheese imports is three months old and still reshaping order books on both sides of the Atlantic. Here's what members are telling…
Read postA trade agreement worth watching this year
A continental trade agreement cleared its first chamber before the holiday and awaits a final vote early this year. Here's what its dairy language means for members who…
Read postThe threshold that hasn't kept up
A federal food-safety exemption meant for the smallest cheesemakers has a sales threshold that hasn't kept pace with a decade of price growth, and members are telling us…
Read postA comment period worth your time
A federal comment window on how cheese ingredient labels handle a common milk-processing step closes in early December, and members who use the process should weigh in now.
Read postThe interstate shipment rule you keep hearing about
A long-running dispute over how aged raw-milk cheese can cross state lines is back in front of regulators, and the federation is collecting member accounts before the record…
Read postFour months until the small-producer deadline
Very small operations get until late January to comply with the federal preventive-controls rule, and members who assumed they were exempt outright are finding out otherwise.
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