IDFA’s Advocacy for ‘Natural Cheese’ Definition Achieves Action

International Dairy Foods Association Dairy May 31, 2019

The term “natural cheese”’ has been used by the U.S. cheese industry for decades, and one of IDFA’s top priorities is for Congress to include a definition of this term in federal statute to protect against consumer confusion. IDFA came closer to reaching this goal last week when Sens. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) reintroduced the Codifying Useful Regulatory Definitions (CURD) Act in the Senate.

The proposed bill would help people to distinguish “natural cheese” from “process cheese.” It is identical to legislation that the Senate passed late last year by voice vote, but the House failed to pass it before the 115th Congress adjourned. 

Additional bipartisan cosponsors of this year’s bill, S. 1669, are Sens. James Risch (R-ID), Mike Braun (R-IN), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ). 

To read the rest of the story, please go to: International Dairy Foods Association

Related Articles

Dairy

Politico Investigation Details FDA Dysfunction Over Food Regulation, Highlights Four-Decade Dairy Industry Effort to Update Yogurt Rules

International Dairy Foods Association Dairy April 12, 2022

“They ignore everyone. They ignore everything,” explained Michael Dykes, D.V.M., president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association, in a new Politico investigation of the long-standing dysfunction of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulation of foods released this weekend. …