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Schreiber Foods Earns IDFA’s 2024 Workplace of the Year Award

January 25, 2024 International Dairy Foods Association

Schreiber Foods Inc. was recognized today with the first annual IDFA Workplace of the Year Award at IDFA’s Dairy Forum in Phoenix, Ariz. The award, co-sponsored by IDFA and Dairy Processing magazine, is given each year to an outstanding IDFA member company that has created policies to promote a positive workplace experience for employees. Award recipients demonstrate efforts to support women and minorities, create cultures of inclusiveness and respect, support professional development, establish paid parental leave and flexible work hours, and gender pay equality, among other criteria. …

IDFA Names New Members of Executive Council and Directors for Five Industry Segment Boards

January 22, 2024 International Dairy Foods Association

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) today announced new members of the organization’s Executive Council as well as new directors for the group’s five Industry Segment Boards. IDFA’s Executive Council is composed of executives from across the dairy foods industry and focuses on the business and operations of the association. …

Dairy Industry Strengthening Focus on Improving Diversity, Inclusivity and Development, IDFA President and CEO Tells World Dairy Summit

October 23, 2023 International Dairy Foods Association

Michael Dykes, president & CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), reinforced the dairy industry’s commitment to creating an inclusive culture that fosters professional development and empowerment for all people throughout their careers today at the 2023 IDF World Dairy Summit. …

Statement by Roberta Wagner, Senior Vice President of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, International Dairy Foods Association, on FDA’s Appointment of Jim Jones as First Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods

August 28, 2023 International Dairy Foods Association

Roberta Wagner, senior vice president of regulatory and scientific affairs for the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), issued the following statement today on the announced appointment of Jim Jones to serve as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) first Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods. …

IDFA Applauds House Introduction of Dairy Nutrition Incentives Program Act of 2023

August 10, 2023 International Dairy Foods Association

The 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) highlights that 90% of Americans do not consume enough milk and other nutritious dairy products.Bipartisan legislation introduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate seeks to address this significant gap by increasing access to nutritious dairy products like milk, cheese, yogurt and other cultured dairy products among participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. …