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September 16, 2026

From CCFN Executive Director Jaime Castaneda:  “For decades, the European Union has tried to monopolize common food names like ‘parmesan,’ ‘bologna,’ ‘chateau,’ turning generic terms into exclusive EU property and locking American producers out of markets they helped build. As the Administration has illustrated in multiple Agreement on Reciprocal Trade texts by now, the United […]

June 24, 2026

From CCFN Executive Director Jaime Castaneda:  “U.S. farmers, ranchers and food manufacturers face an ever-increasing threat to their right to use common food and beverage terms like ‘parmesan,’ ‘bologna’ and ‘chateau’ in export markets. The Senate Farm Bill proposal released today includes a bipartisan provision to counter the European Union’s abuse of geographical indications to […]

April 30, 2026

ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and Consortium for Common Food Names (CCFN) welcomed today’s release of the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) 2026 Special 301 Report, which details the significant progress made over the past year in securing commitments from U.S. trade partners to protect the free […]

April 30, 2026

ARLINGTON, VA – The Consortium for Common Food Names (CCFN) today applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for passing a Farm Bill that includes the Safeguarding American Food and Export Trade Yields (SAFETY) Act, a landmark measure to defend American producers’ right to use common food names in global markets. The bipartisan SAFETY Act would […]

April 2, 2026

ARLINGTON, VA – The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the Consortium for Common Food Names (CCFN) commended USTR for spotlighting persistent trade barriers facing U.S. dairy exporters in the 2026 National Trade Estimate report: “The EU’s common name confiscation campaign is one of the most cynical trade tactics in […]

March 16, 2026

ARLINGTON, VA — The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the Consortium for Common Food Names (CCFN) praised Friday’s signing of a U.S.–Ecuador agreement on reciprocal trade. The agreement would improve export opportunities for U.S. dairy products in a market that has been plagued by restrictive tariffs and nontariff […]