Dairy Processors Commend Pennsylvania's Action to Rescind Product Labeling Decision
 
(Washington, D.C.  January 18, 2008) The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) commends the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture for its decision yesterday to rescind a ruling that would have prevented dairy processors from making truthful product claims on their fluid milk labels.
 
"We applaud Governor Ed Rendell, Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture for recognizing that dairy processors have every right to make claims on their product labels that are truthful and not misleading," said Clay Hough, IDFA group vice president and general counsel.
 
Yesterday's action supersedes the ruling issued by the department last October, which would have banned the use of all rbST "absence claims" on fluid milk products.
 
To read Pennsylvania's revised milk labeling standards, go to http://www.agriculture.state.pa.us/agriculture/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=145988
 
 
The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), Washington, D.C., represents the nation's dairy manufacturing and marketing industries and their suppliers, with a membership of 530 companies
representing a $90-billion a year industry. IDFA is composed of three constituent organizations: the Milk
Industry Foundation (MIF), the National Cheese Institute (NCI) and the International Ice Cream Association
(IICA). IDFA's 220 dairy processing members run more than 600 plant operations, and range from large
multi- national organizations to single-plant companies. Together they represent more than 85% of the milk,
cultured products, cheese and frozen desserts produced and marketed in the United States. IDFA can be found
online at http://www.idfa.org