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MEMBER & INDUSTRY NEWS Byrne Dairy celebrated its Founders Day on Feb. 3, marking 87 successful years since Matthew V. Byrne established the company. Congratulations! Upon the retirement of Steve Murphy, Mary Wilcox was recently named executive vice president of The Dairy Practices Council, a nonprofit organization of education, industry and regulatory personnel concerned with milk quality, sanitation and regulatory uniformity publishing education guidelines for the dairy industry. Dopkins & Company, LLP, a full service accounting and consulting firm out of Buffalo, New York, announced that Andrew J. Reading, CPA, has been named a partner with the firm. A member of the Dopkins Assurance Service Group, he serves as the leader of the firm’s food and beverage industry service group with specializations in dairy and cooperatives. During his tenure, he has regularly advised food and beverage clients on complex business transactions related to mergers and acquisitions, significant contracts with customers and financing arrangements. Additionally, he has led numerous improvement initiatives for clients related to profitability and internal controls. Cream O Land Dairy’s Cream O Land product was ranked in the top ten brands of refrigerated whole milk that posted double-digit gains, according to research from the Chicago-based market research firm IRI in a February article on DairyFoods. com. Cream O Land posted a 122.4% dollar sales increase and a 117.5% increase in unit sales. Another positive was HP Hood’s 44 • Northeast Dairy Foods Association, Inc.
Hood Lactaid, which saw an increase of 11.6% in sales and a 9.5% rise in unit sales in 2019. With the emerging interest from consumers for differentiated milk and dairy products with specific beta-caseins, leading food laboratory Eurofins Scientific now performs a test to detect A1 and A2 beta-caseins. Eurofins offers analysis to be done on all products containing caseins, and the methods have so far been validated on everything from raw milk to finished product, including homogenized, pasteurized fluid milk, milk powder, yogurt, cheese and butter. Since the launch of this in November 2019 in the U.S., the company has received a great deal of interest both domestically and abroad. Herbein + Company, Inc. announced that David W. Stonesifer, CPA, has become Herbein + Company, Inc.’s managing partner as part of the firm’s previously released succession plan. Stonesifer succeeds Michael J. Rowley, CPA/ABV, CVA, CFF. Rowley previously succeeded Carl D. Herbein, CPA, who founded the firm in 1972. Under their leadership, Herbein has grown to be recognized as one of the top 115 largest firms in the United States, according to Accounting Today. While his focus is soundly on the future, Stonesifer is also appreciative of all he’s learned from Rowley and Herbein. “I am very cognizant of the responsibilities I will be inheriting, including our clients’ success, our team’s growth and their families security and prosperity, and our continuing support of the communities in which we serve. Carl and Mike have set the bar high, but
