Product Standards and Safety

Cheese Standards

  • Ultrafiltered Milk Comments: January 2006
  • Letter to FDA Objecting Change in Cheese Standards: February 2000
  • Ultrafiltered Milk Letter to FDA: December 1999
  • GPO Existing Cheese Standards

Fluid Milk Standards

  • GPO Existing Fluid Milk Standards
  • NMPF Asks FDA To Restrict Soy Beverage Labeling

Food Defense

  • Hurricane Preparedness Standards
  • On-Farm Security Guidelines
  • Milk Tanker Security Guidelines

Ice Cream Standards

  • Letter to FDA on Standards
  • GPO Existing Frozen Dessert Standards

Industry Links

  • American Dairy Science Association
  • Institute of Food Technologists
  • International Dairy Federation
  • International Association for Food Protection

International Standards

  • Codex Alimentarius Commission
  • International Dairy Federation

Milk Protein Concentrate

  • GAO MPC Report

National Conference of Interstate Milk Shippers

  • 2007 Update
  • 2005 Pasteurized Milk Ordinance
  • What is NCIMS?
  • Submitting a Proposal?

Organic Standards

  • NMPF Submits Comments to USDA about Organic "Access to Pasture" Rules: June 12, 2006
  • Frequently Asked Questions: Organic vs. Conventional Milk

School Lunch Program

  • USDA's Food and Nutrition Service Publishes Final Rule on Fluid Milk Substitutions in School Nutrition Programs: September 12, 2008

USDA Standards and Rules

  • USDA Implements Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling Interim Final Rule: September 30, 2008
  • USDA Grading Standards

Yogurt

  • FDA's Advance Notice
  • NMPF Comments to FDA