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Milk marketing orders
- Assures dairy farmers a reasonable minimum price for their milk throughout the year
- Assures consumers of an adequate supply of milk to meet their needs throughout the year
and help prevent wild fluctuations in price through periods of heavy and light milk
production
Standardization
- Develops sanitary requirements and model regulations to enhance the availability of
safe, wholesome, high-quality dairy products
- Defines a product's quality and wholesomeness
- Develops USDA dairy plant requirements
- Develops model state requirements concerning the sanitary production and processing of
manufacturing grade milk and milk products
- Examines the language of newly developed or revised international standards to protect
U.S. public health and ensure fair practice in food trade
To assist the consumer in making decisions when purchasing dairy products, AMS has
available the following publications.
- How to Buy Butter
- How to Buy Cheese
- How to Buy Dairy Products
Grading
- Provides buyers and sellers with an impartial appraisal of product quality
- Stimulates manufacturers to produce uniformly high-quality, stable products
- Assures the quality of dairy products so consumers can buy with confidence
Market News
- Provides timely and accurate volume and pricing information needed for an orderly and
efficient marketing system for milk and dairy products
Promotion and research programs
- National Fluid Milk Processor Program - Provides a consumer hotline,
1-800-WHY-MILK,
available 24 hours a day. This hotline offers information and consumer brochures about a
range of topics: milk and fitness, recipe ideas, and nutrition. There is also a medical
advisory board to provide medical and scientific advice.
- National Dairy Producer Program - The National Dairy Council, Dairy Managment Inc., and
many Qualified Programs are working together to increase school participation in the
school breakfast program. This program provides a healthy breakfast (of which milk is an
important component) to children before school starts.
.Key Contacts
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