USDA Regulations

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  • Putting your best food forward: reaching consumers through meaningful labels  - 2018 - Developing and selecting product labels that meet consumer expectations, respond to market and perception trends, and don’t run afoul of government language regulations.

  • Current Regulatory Requirements for Ovine Semen & Embryos - 2012 - Dr. Peter Merrill, Assistant Director, Animal Imports at USDA APHIS. Detailed information on the importation of sheep semen & embryos into the US as of 2012.

  • ANTIBIOTIC TESTING OF SHEEP MILK - 2010 - Daniel L Scruton and Lynn Hinckley, Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, Montpelier, Vermont, USA. History of antibiotic testing in sheep milk focusing on Vermont

  • REPORT FROM NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTERSTATE MILK SHIPMENTS - 2009 - J. Thomas Clark, Old Chatham Sheepherding Company. Report on conference concerning changes to regulations governing the interstate shipment of milk or Grade A milk products as written in the Grade A PMO.

  • UPDATE ON IMPORTATION OF RAM SEMEN INTO THE U.S. - 2008 - David L. Thomas, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ddiscussion of the importation of ram semen into the US

  • An integrated approach to the safety of raw milk cheese - 2005 -Kindstedt. Paul Kindstedt, a cheese technologist, shares his observations from working with raw milk cheesemakers for 19 years, focusing on the importance and value of raw milk cheesemaking, that the safety of raw milk cheese needs to improve, and how to do that.

  • Residues in milk after the use of health treatments - 2004 - Neeser. Dr Neeser defines residues, why they matter, extralabel use, testing for residues, and risk management.

  • Regulations for sheep milk - 2001 - Carroll. The Wisconsin sheep milk industry was unregulated before 1989. This article describes the history of regulation, licensing, permitting, quality testing and producer guidelines that have since been introduced for dairy sheep farms in Wisconsin.

  • Latest development in the use of raw milk for cheesemaking - 2001 - Wendorff. At the time this paper was written, the FDA was reviewing the safety of making cheese from raw milk, with the potential for introducing more regulations and restrictions for cheese makers. This is a summary of a review by Dr Catherine Donnelly (University of Vermont) on the safety of raw milk cheeses.