The US dairy industry praised the results of recent meetings with China where officials committed to stronger protections for common food names, including cheese, according to the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA).
The US dairy industry has reached out to US government agricultural trade negotiators to inform them that their efforts on any final Pacific Rim free trade agreement must put access to foreign markets for US dairy farmers first and avoid pressure from other countries to regionalize all new market access opportunities in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations.
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service announced this week the government of Morocco accepted a proposed certificate without further revision that concludes more than three years of negotiations to freely allow US dairy exports into the country.
The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) submitted a letter to US Trade Representative Michael Froman and USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack calling for the replacement of Japan’s current import administration in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
The global demand for milk is expected to surge by 36 percent in the next decade, overtaking supply which will require producers in developed and emerging dairy markets to take on a balancing act to ensure sustainable success, according to the 7th Dairy Index released by Tetra Pak.
The International Dairy Foods Association has enhanced several on-floor activities for its 2015 International Dairy Show and launched a newly expanded website.
The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and a coalition of 15 other dairy companies and organizations are voicing strong distaste for proposed restrictions on US access to the Canadian cheese market.