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Letter requesting an update to the Standard of Identity for yogurt

NASDA

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS) to work with yogurt manufacturers and others to update the language in the Standard of Identify for Yogurt (21 CFR Parts 130 and 131) and the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO). territories.

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Coalition Letter to Senate Requesting Full Funding for CODEX

NASDA

Dairy Export Council USA Poultry & Egg Export Council USA Rice Wine Institute Wine America Cc: The Honorable Patty Murray, Chair, U.S. Apple Association U.S.

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Is Recycled Plastic Safe for Food Use?

Civil Eats

Recycled content in food packaging is increasing as sustainability advocates press manufacturers to cut their use of virgin plastic. In addition, the FDA relies on manufacturers’ test data when it approves materials, leaving companies essentially in charge of policing themselves. Since 1990, the U.S. parts per billion.

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The latest developments on the cultivated meat front

Food Politics

Read more. ‘Meating’ demand: Animal-based proteins versus cell-based agriculture As demand for meat and poultry continues to grow, Food Manufacture explores what is driving sales of animal-based protein and whether or not the advent of cell-based meat is truly the herald of things to come, or a half-baked pipedream limited by a lack of resources….

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Letter supporting Innovative FEED Act

NASDA

Dozens of countries have already approved these feed ingredients and those farmers and ranchers are safely using these products, yielding results that improve animal production and well-being, diminish pre-harvest food safety concerns, and boost sustainability opportunities for dairy, livestock and poultry farmers. Sweet Manufacturing Co.

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The Shrimp on Your Table Has a Dark History

Civil Eats

But four months into the job, he decided to come forward as whistleblower, exposing what he says are the deplorable and unsanitary conditions in one of India’s largest shrimp manufacturers. It’s the first time that the virus—which has been circulating in wild birds and poultry the U.S. The Bankrollers of Methane.

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Should Bioplastics Be Allowed in Organic Compost?

Civil Eats

The petition to include these materials is because manufacturers are looking for a way to easily dispose of these products. BPI submitted the petition to the USDA on behalf of its members, who include composters, municipalities, and compostable product manufacturers, such as top bioplastics producers BASF, Eastman, Corbion, and NatureWorks.

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