Month: January 2015

IDDBA Launches 'Safe Food Matters!' Campaign

January 23, 2015 International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association™ (IDDBA)

This year, the International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association™ (IDDBA) is conducting a year-long food safety initiative campaign called Safe Food Matters! to build awareness of safe food practices and serve as an industry resource for food retailers, manufacturers, and their employees. The Initiative will focus on best practices for decreasing the potential for Listeria monocytogenes growth and cross-contamination, particularly for deli ready-to-eat foods. …

Kirk Scott Joins WMMB As Director, Retail Programs

January 23, 2015 Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board

Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board (WMMB) welcomes Kirk Scott to the organization as Director, Retail Programs, where he will manage and implement WMMB’s retail cheese and dairy programs. …

NMPF President & CEO: A New Year, With New Challenges

January 23, 2015 National Milk Producers Federation

The past couple of years began, for those of us in dairy, with hopeful expectations that Congress would pass a new farm bill, and with it, a new dairy program. Having finally crossed that hurdle last year, we begin 2015 with USDA’s implementation of the new Margin Protection Program for dairy, and look forward to the coverage it will provide. …

Taste Test: Which Brand Of Cottage Cheese Is The Best?

January 23, 2015 Kathy Saunders, Tampa Bay Times

Tamps Bay Times judges sampled 10 brands of low-fat cottage cheese, containing a range of 1-percent to 4-percent milk fat. …

King Arthur Flour Selects The 2015 Recipe Of The Year

January 23, 2015 King Arthur Flour

King Arthur Flour has selected Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies as the 2015 Recipe of the Year. The cookies are a specialty of its Bake Truck, which travels the country handing out the cookies as part of the company’s Bake for Good fundraising program. …