ADPI/ABI Virtual Joint Annual Conference, Deja Vu

History repeated this week as the American Dairy Products Institute (ADPI) and the American Butter Institute (ABI) again joined forces to host their Joint Annual Conference virtually. This iconic industry annual conference continues to be referred to as “Where the Dairy Industry Does Business.TM”

ADPI and ABI Announce First Ever Virtual Joint Annual Conference

For the first time in 22 years, ADPI and its conference partner ABI will be hosting their traditional Chicago-based Joint Annual Conference via a unique and exciting virtual format.

Congress Must Compel FDA to Enforce Butter Law, American Butter Institute Says

October 21, 2019 American Butter Institute

The American Butter Institute sent letters to the chairmen and ranking members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, urging them to compel FDA to enforce federal law against plant-based imposters that illegally misuse the term “butter” as a marketing trick.

FDA Must Step in to End Fake-Butter Proliferation, American Butter Institute Says

Plant-based imitations of butter and other dairy products pose an increasing challenge for consumer understanding in the butter sector, which is dealing with proliferating imposters even as butter’s popularity grows. That makes it crucial for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to stop vegan shenanigans before fake products make federal standards of identity for established terms such as “butter” and “margarine” meaningless, said Tom Balmer, executive director of the American Butter Institute.