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d's Dairy orl In W du e st h r t y g W n i e e v Since 1876 k r e l y S Outshred Your Competition CHEESE REPORTER www.URSCHEL.com Vol. 144, No. 11 • Friday, August 30, 2019 • Madison, Wisconsin FDA Sets Sept. 27 Public Meeting, US, Japan Reach Agreement In Seeks Comments On Standards Principle On Trade Biarritz, France—The US and Agency Wants To Learn may be submitted electronically, how to modernize its SOI regula- Japan have reached an agreement at www.regulations.gov; the docket tions. FDA is also interested in in principle on a deal that involves More About Making number is FDA-2018-N-2381. learning whether it can achieve ‘Horizontal’ Changes To agriculture and other areas, Presi- This effort is part of FDA’s multi- its standards of identity modern- dent Trump and Japanese Prime Provide More Flexibility year Nutrition Innovation Strategy ization goals in ways that produce Minister Abe announced Sunday. cost savings. Silver Spring, MD—The US (NIS), which was announced on “It’s a very big transaction, and FDA began establishing food Food and Drug Administration Mar. 29, 2018, by then-FDA Com- we’ve agreed in principle. It’s bil- standards of identity to promote (FDA) this week announced that missioner Scott Gottlieb. The NIS lions and billions of dollars,” Trump honesty and fair dealing in the it will hold a public meeting late focuses on, among other things, said. “It’s a, really, tremendous deal interest of consumers shortly after next month entitled “Horizontal providing incentives for food man- for our farmers” and ranchers. the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos- Approaches to Food Standards of ufacturers to produce products that “We still have some remaining metic Act was enacted in 1938. Identity Modernization.” have more healthful attributes. work that has to be done at the Since then, the agency has estab- The meeting’s purpose is to give Under the NIS, FDA is seeking working level, namely finalizing lished more than 280 SOI for a interested persons an opportunity to modernize food SOI in a man- the wording of the trade agreement wide variety of food products. to discuss FDA’s effort to mod- ner that will achieve three primary and also finalizing the content of Some 37 percent of all current ernize food standards of identity goals: protect consumers against the agreement,” Abe said. “But food standards of identity are for (SOI) and provide information economic adulteration; maintain we would like to make sure that dairy products, according to the about changes the agency could the basic nature, essential char- our teams would accelerate the International Dairy Foods Associa- make to existing SOI, particu- acteristics, and nutritional integ- remaining work for us to achieve tion (IDFA). larly changes that could be made rity of food; and promote industry this goal of realizing the signing of SOI typically set forth permitted across categories of standardized innovation and provide flexibility the agreement on the margins of ingredients, both mandatory and foods (i.e., horizontal changes) to to encourage manufacturers to pro- optional, and sometimes specify the UN General Assembly at the provide flexibility for the develop- duce more healthful foods. the amount or proportion of each end of September.” ment of healthier foods. To inform this effort, FDA is ingredient. Many SOI also desig- Last week, 70 US dairy compa- The public meeting will be held seeking information from inter- nate the method of production. A nies, cooperatives and associations on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, at the ested stakeholders to learn what food is misbranded if it purports to asked key US officials to “move Hilton Washington DC/Rockville changes have occurred in food pro- be or is represented as a food for quickly” to secure a “strong trade Hotel in Rockville, MD. duction and manufacturing that which a SOI has been established deal with Japan that brings signifi- Comments on horizontal impact industry’s ability to comply but fails to conform to the stan- cant benefits to the dairy industry.” approaches to food standards of with current SOI regulations and dard, FDA noted. Japan is the fifth-largest overseas identity modernization may be sub- what the agency should be aware market for the US dairy industry. mitted until Nov. 12, 2019. They of when reviewing and exploring • See Food Standards, p. 11 Japan is a “significant market” for US agriculture exports, and “by removing existing barriers for our USDA Expects Small Babcock Hall, Prairie Farms, Kemps products, we will be able to sell Drop In US Dairy Top WDE Dairy Product Contest more to the Japanese markets,” US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Exports In Fiscal Madison—The University of This year’s 17th annual con- Perdue said. Wisconsin-Madison’s Babcock test, sponsored by the Wiscon- “We look forward to reviewing 2020; Dairy Imports Hall Dairy took top honors as the sin Dairy Products Association the details of the agreement,” said Expected To Increase Cheese & Butter Grand Cham- (WDPA), received a record Zippy Duvall, president, American pion of the World Dairy Expo 1,536 entries from dairy proces- Farm Bureau Federation. Washington—The US Depart- (WDE) Championship Dairy sors throughout North America, ment of Agriculture (USDA), Product Contest here late last up significantly from last year’s in its quarterly Outlook for US week. total of 1,402. Agricultural Trade report released Babcock Hall’s winning Gouda “During the past 16 years, we Whey Based Dairy Thursday, reduced its forecast for entry earned a perfect score of have truly seen a remarkable Ingredient Production dairy product exports in fiscal year 2018; ADPI 100.00 in the Smoked Flavored level of support by the North 2020 while raising its dairy import Natural Cheese category. American dairy industry for this forecasts for both fiscal 2019 and Prairie Farms Dairy of Car- contest,” said WDPA executive 2020. bondale, IL, was selected as the director Brad Legreid. USDA’s forecast for fiscal year Grade A Grand Champion for As the only all-dairy product 2019 dairy exports is unchanged its Lowfat Cottage Cheese with a contest of its kind in the world, from May, at $5.6 billion. The score of 99.80 in the Low Fat and the dairy industry has learned the fiscal 2020 dairy export forecast No Fat Cottage Cheese class. myriad benefits accrued from par- is down $100 million from fiscal Kemps of Cedarburg, WI, ticipating in the contest, he said. 2019, at $5.5 billion. took home the Ice Cream Grand Judging took place here last Dairy exports during fiscal 2018 Champion title with its Sweet Me week at Madison Area Technical Dry Whey: 25% Lactose: 28% had totaled $5.576 billion. During Lemon Bar entry in the Cookies College’s Culinary Arts School. Permeate: 27% WPC 35: 5% the first nine months of fiscal 2019 & Cookie Dough Ice Cream class WPC80: 8% WPI: 3% • See Trade Forecasts, p. 12 with a score of 99.75. • See WDE Dairy Contest, p. 8 Mod Whey: 1% Cond Whey: 3% Page 2 CHEESE REPORTER August 30, 2019 Past Issues Read this week’s issue GUEST EDITORIAL or past issues of Cheese Reporter on your mobile phone or tablet by scanning this ...in order to make lasting change, QR code. JULIE SWENEY it takes gradual steps, and today, it Cheese Reporter Publishing Co. Inc. ©2019 means making sure that 1 percent flavored milk remains in our school 2810 Crossroads Drive, Suite 3000 Director of Communications & Marketing Madison, WI 53718-7972 cafeterias. 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