Advocacy
Every post the Federation has filed under Advocacy.
The 60-day rule a raw-milk maker lives by
Raw-milk cheese can cross state lines, but only aged past 60 days and clearly labeled. A member's testimony this week showed how much rides on that one number.
Read postOur ask for storm-hit members
Small-producer exemptions under federal food-safety rule already exist on paper; this week our advocacy work is making sure they actually apply to a creamery rebuilding after a storm.
Read postThe traceability rule reaching your soft cheese
A federal traceability rule aimed at high-risk foods reaches most soft and raw-milk cheeses, and our advocacy work is pressing for clearer recordkeeping guidance before the deadline lands.
Read postThe paperwork now following your herd across state lines
A federal testing order for dairy cattle crossing state lines has members asking whether cheese shipments are affected too. Here's where things actually stand.
Read postThe exemption worth reading twice
Small-producer exemptions under federal food-safety rules sound like relief, but the fine print still leaves cheesemakers on the hook. Here's what our advocacy work is asking regulators to…
Read postA standard-of-identity comment period
The federal food-safety regulator has reopened comments on how much ultrafiltered milk certain cheese categories can contain, and the Standards Committee wants member input before it closes.
Read postAn exemption worth reading closely before you assume it covers you
A federal proposal would exempt certain cheese categories from added traceability recordkeeping. We're asking members to check which side of the line their product falls on before they…
Read postA federal pricing decision is almost here — your window to weigh in is closing
A years-long process to rewrite the formulas behind federal milk pricing is nearing a recommended decision, and the comment window that follows it will be short and consequential.
Read postWhat you can call your wheel
A long-running dispute over whether common cheese-style names belong to a region or to anyone who makes the style is active again in trade talks, and it affects…
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