The founder of All Star Dairy Association, John Davis Utterback died in Los Altos, Calif., May 18. He was 88.

Compromises Reached in House Farm Bill 

The Danone International Prize for Nutrition was recently awarded in Paris to Jeffrey Friedman, M.D., Marilyn M. Simpson Professor at Rockefeller University and an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, for his outstanding research on the role of genetics and leptin, a hormone he discovered, in body weight regulation. 

A partnership designed to push the envelope of beverage milk distribution and marketing has come to premature conclusion. 

And the winner of Danisco USA’s 2007 Knowledge Award is…Jeremey Hinkle, a senior in food science at Kansas State University. Fiesta Braciole, a stuffed breaded beef entrée, was his winning entry.

Chocolate milk has scored a victory as a sports recovery drink. 

North America’s artisan and specialty cheesemakers are getting ready to gather in a place many of them call home. The American Cheese Society will hold its 24th annual conference, Achieving Sustainability, Aug. 1 – 4 in Burlington, Vt.

Takasago Flavors has completed an expansion of its dedicated confection and beverage applications laboratories.

With milk sales showing the first real signs of improvement in more than a decade, the dairy industry’s promotion groups are reining in a marketing campaign that just may have played a key role in the turnaround.

Dairy Foods recently launched Dairy Product Innovations, a new e-newsletter focused on food product trends, new dairy products, and new products and services from dairy industry suppliers.