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American Dairy Coalition, an organization of dairy farmers working for dairy farmers, wants to assure consumers that raw milk and finished dairy product testing will continue as always despite FDA's recent notice of suspension on "proficiency testing."

State departments of agriculture and state laboratories and professionals across the country have always been on the frontlines of routine milk and dairy product safety testing -- of raw milk from milk processing plants, receiving stations, farms and the sampling of finished retail products.

The health and safety of the public remains the priority.

ADC understands the budget constraints of the federal agencies, and hopes to learn more about how the administration will handle proficiency testing for the future so that the state departments and laboratories that do this testing do not lose their certifications down the road. This is important to dairy farmers, consumers, and the industry to avoid unintended market-disruptions.