Industry Links

U.S. Regulatory AgenciesU.S. Government Agencies

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) 
www.usda.gov

USDA Guidelines
www.ams.usda.gov/dairy/manufmlk.pdf

Register with the FDA
www.FDAregistrar.com 

FDA Inspection Guidelines
www.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/inspect.html

HACCP (Hazardous Analysis of Critical Control Points)
www.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/haccp.html

United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
www.fda.gov

  
U.S. Trade Affiliations

National Milk Producers Federation
http://www.nmpf.org/

New England Livestock Alliance
www.nelivestockalliance.org

Oldways Preservation & Exchange Trust
www.oldwayspt.org

Slow Food, USA
www.slowfoodusa.com

Raw Milk Cheesemakers Association
www.rawmilkcheese.org

Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association
www.wischeesemakersassn.org

Wisconsin Specialty Cheese Institute
www.wisspecialcheese.org


Dairy Management Inc. (American Dairy Association)
www.dairyinfo.com 
 

International Organizations & Trade Affiliations

Alliance Pastorale (France)
www.alliancepastorale.fr

Quebec Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Canada)
www.quebecfood.com
www.quebeciscooking.com

International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA)
www.idfa.org

The Specialist Cheesemakers Association (Great Britain)
www.specialistcheesemakers.co.uk

Academic Programs & Research Agencies

California Polytechnic Institute -- Dairy Products Technology Center
http://www.dptc.calpoly.edu/

Washington State University - Pullman, WA
www.wsu.edu

University of Vermont -- Vermont Institute of Artisan Cheese
www.uvm.edu/viac

University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI
www.wisc.edu

UC-Davis Dairy Research and Information Center
www.drinc.ucdavis.edu

Wisconsin Center For Dairy Research
www.cdr.wisc.edu

Trade Publications

The Cheese Reporter
www.cheesereporter.com

Cheese Market News
www.cheesemarketnews.com

Dairy Foods
www.dairyfoods.com

Culture Magazine
www.culturecheesemag.com


State Dairy Agencies & Marketing Boards


California Milk Advisory Board
www.realcaliforniacheese.com

California Dairy Research Foundation
www.cdrf.org

ILoveCheese.co.uk
www.ILoveCheese.co.uk

New England Dairy Promotion Board
www.newenglandcheese.com

Vermont Cheese Council
www.vtcheese.com

Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board
www.wisdairy.com

 

Other Helpful Resources

Cheese Forum
www.cheeseforum.org

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
www.sare.org

American Cheese Society 
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Louisville, KY 40202
502-574-9950 (phone) • 502-589-3602 (fax)
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