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Member Alert - January 11, 2022
Member Services > Member Alerts > Member Alerts > Member Alert January 11 2022
The Egyptian Halal certification requirements have been delayed until February 28, 2022. Egypt recently issued an amendment to the WTO (EGY/313/Add.1) announcing a pause in the implementation of its new Halal certification requirements. The Halal certification requirements are now scheduled to go in
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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 02/05/2018
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Archives > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 02 > 05 > 2018 - by Margaret Speich
These are now provided monthly by Edelman Shanghai as part of the news monitoring we do for issues and crisis management in Asia. We are pleased to extend this information to our wider USDEC membership to serve as a quick and informative compilation of regional headlines and potential trends in As
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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 3/10/2020
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 3 > 10 > 2020 - by Tom Vilsack
Dear USDEC Members, Out of concern for the health and welfare of our members and our USDEC team, the in-person Board Meeting is cancelled and we will hold it as a webinar, instead. Due to the recent outbreaks of the coronavirus COVID-19 in Chicago and around the world, we have decided, following inp
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Market Commentary 11-29-16
Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 11 29 16 - by Alan Levitt
steve spencer 16.00 Nina Bakht Halal, USDEC's Middle East representative, contacted importers and manufacturers in Saudi Arabia to get intel on the current dairy market situation. Here's what she learned from the market that accounts for three-quarters of GCC volume: Purchasing a
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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 06/25/2018
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Archives > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 06 > 25 > 2018 - by Margaret Speich
Thirty-six years later, Johnson & Johnson's handling of the Tylenol situation in 1982 remains the textbook example of how to respond to a crisis. Johnson & Johnson quickly pulled 31 million bottles of Tylenol—worth $100 million—off the shelves, and it became obvious right awa
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Market Commentary 12-29-14
Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 12 29 14 - by Alan Levitt
Two global trade analyses published in December foretell continued downward pressure on international commodity pricing through at least the first half of 2015. Supply and demand relief will come, but slowly. On the supply side, processors in New Zealand and Europe have cut farmgate milk prices, but
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Member Alert - May 21, 2019
Member Services > Member Alerts > Archived Member Alerts > Member Alert May 21 2019
On May 20, 2019, both Mexico and Canada and lifted the countermeasures they had imposed on imports from the United States
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Member Alert - February 13, 2023
Member Services > Member Alerts > Member Alerts > Member Alert February 13 2023
Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) will be implementing a Positive List System for veterinary drugs (including Maximum Residue Levels) starting January 1, 2024. The veterinary drug Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) list and the list of substances that shall not be detected in foods are stat
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Member Alert - February 2, 2022
Member Services > Member Alerts > Member Alerts > Member Alert February 2 2022
On January 31, the Mexican government published a new draft of the Conformity Assessment Procedure (CAP) related to NOM-223-SCFI/SAGARPA-2018: commercial denomination, specifications, and labeling of Cheese. The document was published on the Federation's Official Gazette for a 60-day public consulta
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Market Commentary 11-04-15
Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 11 04 15 - by Alan Levitt
Global markets rallied in August and September, as fears of supply shortages out of New Zealand brought buyers off the sidelines to re-stock their cupboards at bargain-basement prices. After slumping to levels unseen in more than a decade, world benchmark milk powder prices increased 40-60 percent f