Posts for Category: Workplace Safety

Pause in FDA Proficiency Program Does Not Affect Safety or Quality of Milk and Dairy Products WASHINGTON, April 24, 2025—Roberta Wagner, senior vice president of regulatory and scientific affairs at the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), issued the following statement today clarifying a pause in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) lab proficiency testing […]

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2024—The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) today recognized 23 dairy business operations for their outstanding achievements and improvements in worker safety in 2023 with the IDFA Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Award. This is the 21st year that IDFA has sponsored this program, highlighting the outstanding workplace safety achievements of U.S. dairy companies. […]

WASHINGTON, March 28, 2024—The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) today began accepting applications for the Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Awards. Now in its 21st year, the awards honor dairy processing facilities and trucking operations for outstanding worker safety performance and management. To be eligible for an award, a processing facility or transportation operation must implement […]

WASHINGTON, August 7, 2023—The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) today recognizes 25 dairy business operations for their outstanding achievements and improvements in worker safety in 2022 with the IDFA Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Award. This is the 20th year that IDFA has sponsored this program, highlighting the outstanding workplace safety achievements of U.S. dairy companies. […]

WASHINGTON, March 22, 2023—Today, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) began accepting applications for the Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Awards. Now in its 20th year, the awards honor dairy processing facilities and trucking operations for outstanding worker safety performance and management. As with last year, IDFA will weigh equally an applicant’s essay and statistical data […]

WASHINGTON, August 16, 2022—The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) today recognizes 37 dairy companies for their outstanding achievements in worker safety in 2021 with the IDFA Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Award. This is the nineteenth year that IDFA has sponsored this program, highlighting the outstanding workplace safety achievements of U.S. dairy companies. “The dairy industry […]

WASHINGTON, March 15, 2022—Today, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) began accepting applications for the Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Awards. Now in its 19th year, the awards honor dairy processing facilities and trucking operations for outstanding worker safety performance and management. New this year, IDFA is placing equal weight to an applicant’s essay and statistical […]

WASHINGTON, August 9, 2021—The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) today recognizes 34 dairy companies for their outstanding achievements in worker safety in 2020 with the IDFA Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Award. This is the eighteenth year that IDFA has sponsored this program, highlighting the outstanding workplace safety achievements of U.S. dairy companies. “In announcing these […]

The dairy industry works tirelessly to keep its most valuable asset—the nearly 1 million men and women working in dairy processing plants—safe and healthy on the job. The industry has always maintained a strong culture of workplace safety, and U.S. dairy will continue proving it long after the pandemic ends.   To highlight and support […]

WASHINGTON, March 5, 2021—Today, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) is accepting applications for the Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Awards. Now in its 18th year, the awards honor facilities and trucking operations for outstanding worker safety performance. Among numerous award criteria, IDFA refers to both leading and lagging indicators recommended by health and safety experts […]