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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 NEW 2-PIECE DESIGN CHEESE REPORTER Precise shreds with Urschel Vol. 144, No. 6 • Friday, July 26, 2019 • Madison, Wisconsin USDA Details Product Purchases, US Milk Production Rose 0.1% In June; Other Aspects Of Farmer Trade Aid Second-Quarter USDA’s Ag Marketing vice (FNS) to food banks, schools, a vendor for distribution to indus- Output Down 0.1% Service To Buy $68 Million and other outlets serving low- try groups and interested parties. Washington—US milk produc- income individuals. Also, AMS will continue to tion in the 24 reporting states In Dairy Products, Starting AMS is planning to purchase an host a series of webinars describ- during June totaled 17.35 billion After Oct. 1, 2019 estimated $68 million in milk and ing the steps required to become pounds, up 0.1 percent from June Washington—US Secretary of other dairy products through the a vendor. 2018, USDA’s National Agricul- Agriculture Sonny Perdue on FPDP. Stakeholders will have the tural Statistics Service (NASS) Thursday announced details of the AMS will buy affected products opportunity to submit questions to reported Monday. $16 billion trade aid package aimed in four phases, starting after Oct. be answered during the webinar. The May milk production esti- at supporting US dairy and other 1, 2019, with deliveries beginning The products discussed in the mate was revised upward by 18 agricultural producers in response in January 2020. The products pur- FPDP plan will be distributed million pounds, so output was to trade damage from retaliatory chased can be adjusted between to states for use in the network down fractionally from May 2018, tariffs being imposed by several US phases to accommodate changes of food banks and food pantries rather than down 0.1 percent, as trading partners. due to growing conditions, prod- that participate in The Emer- initially estimated. The Food Purchase and Distri- uct availability, market conditions, gency Food Assistance Program Production per cow in the 24 bution Program (FPDP), Market trade negotiation status, and pro- (TEFAP), elderly feeding programs reporting states averaged 1,976 Facilitation Program (MFP) and gram capacity. such as the Commodity Supple- pounds for June, 15 pounds above June 2018. Agricultural Trade Promotion Pro- AMS will purchase known com- mental Foods Program, and tribes that operate the Food Distribution The number of milk cows on gram (ATP) are intended to assist modities first. By purchasing in Program on Indian Reservations. farms in the 24 reporting states agricultural producers while Presi- phases, procurements for commod- These outlets are in addition to in June was 8.778 million head, dent Trump works to address long- ities that have been sourced in the child nutrition programs such as 62,000 head less than June 2018 standing market access barriers. past, such as cheese and fluid milk, the National School Lunch Pro- and 12,000 head less than May CCC Charter Act authority will can be purchased more quickly and gram, which may also benefit 2019. be used to implement an up to $1.4 included in the first phase, USDA from these purchases, according to For the US as a whole, June billion Food Purchase and Distri- explained. USDA. milk production totaled 18.23 bution Program through USDA’s To expand the AMS vendor The FPDP rule provides flexibil- billion pounds, down 0.3 percent Agricultural Marketing Service pool and the ability to purchase ity for FNS to explore new chan- from June 2018. (AMS) to purchase surplus com- new and existing products, AMS nels of non-profit distribution of Milk production during the modities affected by trade retali- will ramp up its vendor outreach products, should the availability of April-June quarter totaled 55.75 ation, including milk and other and registration efforts. AMS has distribution through traditional billion pounds, down 0.1 percent also developed flyers on how the dairy products, for distribution by from the same quarter last year. process works and how to become • See Trade Aid Details, p. 11 USDA’s Food and Nutrition Ser- First-quarter milk production had been up 0.1 percent from a year FDA’s Yiannas Butterkäse Eyed As Ideal, Kid-Friendly earlier. The average number of milk Focusing On FSMA Artisan Cheese For Cooking, Snacking cows in the US during the second quarter was 9.33 million head, Madison—Butterkäse, a top terkäse is available in 5-pound Implementation, 15,000 head less than the January- cheese for kids and consumers blocks and 6-ounce retail cuts. March quarter and 89,000 head Smarter Food Safety who prefer a milder flavor, is also Sales of Roth Cheese Butter- less than the same period last year. Louisville, KY—In his new role as the key ingredient to a number of käse are trending upward in 2019, deputy commissioner for food pol- Wisconsin Master Cheesemakers’ with 10 percent growth year-to- • See June Milk Output, p. 10 icy and response at the US Food crowning grilled cheese recipes. date over the same period in and Drug Administration (FDA), Butterkäse – German for “but- 2018. Change In Milk Cows Frank Yiannas says he is focusing ter cheese” – is a semi-soft, cow’s “This cheese is a Wiscon- June 2018 vs. June 2019 “high-priority food safety issues milk cheese with a buttery flavor sin favorite due to its melt-in- in 1000 head and policies that cross boundaries and texture. The cheese is popu- your-mouth texture and mild, 29000 within FDA.” lar in and near its countries of approachable flavor,” said These include implementation origin, Germany and Austria, and Heather Engwall, vice president US production is almost exclu- of marketing, Emmi Roth. of the Food Safety Moderniza- 10000 tion Act (FSMA), coordination sively centered in Wisconsin. “Midwestern food culture is 9000 of food-related outbreak response, Production of Butterkäse is notably influenced by the Euro- 4000 and evaluation of new and emerg- small, with less than 500,000 pean heritage of many residents, ing technologies, Yiannas said in a pounds sold last year, according which is part of the reason why a -1000 speech at the annual conference of to Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin German-inspired cheese such as -7000-6000 -6000 the International Association for (DFW). Butterkäse is popular here,” Eng- -14000 Food Protection here Monday. Roth Cheese, Monroe, WI, wall said. While he is “fairly new” to FDA, has been making Butterkäse for Master Cheesemaker Bruce Yiannas noted that he’s not new to the past two decades and it is one Workman, owner of Edel- of the top 10 cheese varieties the -31000 • See Food Safety At FDA, p. 25 company produces. Roth But- • See Butterkäse, p. 22 CA WI ID MN CO TX VT OH NY PA Page 2 CHEESE REPORTER July 26, 2019 Past Issues Read this week’s issue EDITORIAL COMMENT or past issues of Cheese Reporter on your mobile phone or the widespread consumption of tablet by scanning this QR code. industrially produced trans fat is DICK GROVES Cheese Reporter Publishing Co. Inc. ©2019 considered to have been responsible for 6 percent to 19 percent of all 2810 Crossroads Drive, Suite 3000 Publisher / Editor coronary heart disease events in the Madison, WI 53718-7972 US in 2006, the analysis noted. (608) 246-8430 • Fax (608) 246-8431 Cheese Reporter http://www.cheesereporter.com e: [email protected] DICK GROVES tw: @cheesereporter Publisher/Editor e-mail: [email protected] 608-316-3791 We’re Just Starting To Learn About Health Benefits Of Dairy MOIRA CROWLEY These days, it’s not all that diffi- have a low micronutrient content BMJ stated. Among other things, Specialty Cheese Editor e-mail: [email protected] cult to find folks who are skeptical and large amounts of added sug- not all saturated fatty acids are 608-316-3793 about how important dairy prod- ars.” equal, and cannot be viewed as one KEVIN THOME ucts are from a nutritional stand- Dairy products, meanwhile, homogeneous group with regard to Advertising & Marketing Director point. What’s interesting is that, contain multiple nutrients and effects of diet on disease risk. e-mail: [email protected] as the skeptics seem to be getting contribute significantly to meet The analysis also pointed out 608-316-3792 louder and garnering more atten- the nutritional requirements for that, historically, the focus on BETTY MERKES Classifieds/Circulation Manager tion, the research is solidifying the protein, calcium, magnesium, reducing saturated fat led to the e-mail: [email protected] importance of milk and dairy prod- phosphorus, potassium, zinc, sele- proliferation of industrially pro- 608-316-3790 ucts in a nutritious diet. nium, vitamin A, riboflavin, vita- duced food products low in fat, REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS: We were reminded of this point min B-12, and pantothenic acid, saturated fat, and cholesterol and Jen Pino-Gallagher, Bob Cropp, Neville by the review, recently published the review pointed out. to the dissemination of products McNaughton, Dan Strongin, John Umhoefer Many of the beneficial effects based on technologies to replace You can e-mail our contributors at: in Advances in Nutrition and cov- [email protected] ered in a story appearing in our of milk and dairy products are saturated fat. One example is July 12th issue (page 21) that con- “likely due to interactions between the production of margarine and The Cheese Reporter is the official cluded, among other things, that the nutrients and not only to the spreads based on partial hydroge- publication of the following associations: adequate consumption of milk action of each of these nutrients nation of vegetable oils, which California Cheese & Butter Association and dairy products at different separately,” the review noted.