After shipping $43 billion in food in 2016, Wisconsin is ranked third behind California and Illinois as the United States’ top food manufacturers. For Wisconsin, food manufacturing is the top manufacturing industry in the state, employing 65,000 people in 2016. MWFPA used data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual survey of manufacturers in arriving at […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the compliance date for its changes to food nutrition labels. The extension applies to rules on (i) providing updated nutrition labeling on food; (ii) defining a single-serving container; (iii) requiring dual-column labeling for certain containers; (iv) updating, modifying and establishing certain reference amounts customarily consumed; and […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released a proposed rule, officially entitled “National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard,” that would require food manufacturers and other entities that label foods for retail sale to disclose information about food containing bioengineered (BE) ingredients on labels – either on packaging or through a digital link, […]
MWFPA is proud to welcome B & G Foods as our newest processor member! B&G Foods, Inc. manufactures, sells, and distributes a portfolio of shelf-stable and frozen foods in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico and has operated since 1889. Based in Parsippany, New Jersey, they own a plant in Stoughton, WI, and process […]
Hurry!! Tomorrow, April 27, is the last day to apply for MWFPA Friday/Weckel scholarships for 2018. The MWFPA Human Resources Committee can award a total of six $1,500 scholarships from the two funds (three from each fund). Undergraduate students attending, or planning to attend, UW Madison, Platteville or River Falls and majoring in agriculture or […]
The Food and Drug Administration and advisers to the food industry have intensified efforts to ensure food manufacturers develop and implement food defense plans before a July 2019 deadline. The F.D.A.’s intentional adulteration rule — officially known as Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration — is one of the seven foundational rules required […]
The House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday advanced its farm bill along party lines over the protests of Democrats who were critical of the legislation and the process the panel used to write it. The measure contains a change allowing “canned, dried, frozen or pureed” products in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. The change has […]
The House Agriculture Committee is scheduled to mark up a draft of the 2018 Farm Bill this week which contains a change allowing “canned, dried, frozen or pureed” products in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. The change has been sought by MWFPA in conjunction with the American Fruit and Vegetable Processors and Growers Coalition. […]
The IL Senate has approved restrictions on insurance companies writing workers’ compensation policies. The plan that passed 34-21 Tuesday is identical to one Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed last year. Read more from the IL State Journal Register
Legislative activity for the WI 2017-18 Legislative Session has ended except for a small amount of committee work. Legislators will now focus on legislative and budget items for next session and the November elections. Generally speaking, the business and agriculture community fared well this session with the passage of the high capacity well bill, Wisconsin […]