The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board (WMMB) announced the winners of its national retailer display contest "Judge for Yourself," at the recent International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association conference in Las Vegas.

Some dairy processors are expressing shock at what one plant manager calls the "gross incompetence" of FDA personnel currently conducting newly mandated HACCP inspections.

MilkPEP is sponsoring a series of free, one-day seminars in conjunction with vending association shows between July and October.

Parmalat North America is getting into the bottled water business in Canada through a partnership with a Quebec company.

IDFA has launched a new educational format, IDFA TeleTraining that enables dairy pros to receive industry training via conference call and the Internet.

IDFA has issued a call for nominations for its prestigious 2003 Supplier Excellence Awards, which will be presented in conjunction with Worldwide Food Expo.

Degussa, Parsippany, N.J., a leading global chemical company, opened a new headquarters for its Fruit Systems business in Philadelphia.

Schreiber Foods Inc., plans to expand into a full-line dairy company, and it can't get enough cream cheese.

Bongards' Creameries, Norwood, Minn., has bought Land O'Lakes' Perham, Minn., cheese plant.

Wimm-Bill-Dann, the Russian dairy processor, has disclosed that it is in talks with French Groupe Danone regarding the possibility of an acquisition.