Advocacy
Every post the Federation has filed under Advocacy.
The comment period small producers can't skip
A federal comment window on small-producer exemptions under the food safety modernization framework is open now. Here's what's at stake and how to weigh in.
Read postWhat we tell regulators about the 60-day rule
Raw-milk aging rules come up in nearly every comment period we file. Here's the plain version of what the rule actually requires, and what the federation is asking…
Read postA quota fight worth watching
A cross-border dispute over how cheese import quotas get allocated opened this month, and members who ship north are being asked to weigh in before it's decided without…
Read postA new traceability rule starts its clock this week
A federal traceability rule for certain high-risk foods, including several soft and semi-soft cheeses, took effect this week. The compliance runway is long, but the exemption fight starts…
Read postA traceability rule now names soft cheese
A new federal traceability requirement puts fresh soft cheese on a formal recordkeeping list. Here is what changes, what does not, and where the compliance clock actually starts.
Read postThe enrollment window closing in January
The federal dairy margin protection window for 2023 now closes January 31, not December, and that extra month is worth using if you make anything from your own…
Read postThe margin window closing before the year does
A federal margin-support enrollment window for dairy producers closes in less than two weeks. Here's what it means for your cheese business and how to weigh in on…
Read postThe label language worth getting right
A federal comment period on cheese labeling language closes early next year, and the wording that sounds fine to a cheesemaker can read very differently to a regulator.
Read postThe comment period worth your ten minutes
A state agriculture committee is reviewing its raw-milk aging period rules this fall, and the federation is asking small-batch producers to weigh in before the window closes.
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