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Raising the Minimum Nonfat Solids
Standard to the National Average in Raw Milk: A Study of Fluid Milk
Identity Standards [PDF] |
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Dairy farmers are becoming
increasingly concerned that technological advances in the
fractionation of milk could result in a reduction in the volume of
nonfat milk solids sold in fluid milk products. Current FDA standards
for nonfat solids in fluid milk products are set at a minimum of 8.25
percent, well below the average content in farm milk. Fluid milk
products are Class I products under the Federal Milk Marketing Order
system and as such return a higher price to dairy farmers. In response
to dairy farmers’ concerns, Congress included a provision in the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 directing the Secretary of
Agriculture to study the potential impacts of raising the nonfat
solids standards to the national average level as it occurs in farm
milk and adopting the average true protein level as an additional
standard for fluid milk products. |
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In Progress –
Evaluation of Federal Dairy Policies: The Economic Research Service is
conducting a comprehensive
economic
evaluation of all Federal dairy policies and the impacts of the
termination of all Federal dairy programs. |
Contact:
Jason
Nierman
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