The current federal standard of 8.25% for the SNF content of fluid milk products is well below the national solids-not-fat content of milk as it originates on the farm. In order to maintain the integrity and nutritional quality of milk used in fluid milk products and to provide increased uniformity of products offered to consumers, it is important that federal solids-not-fat standards for fluid milk products be increased to or set above the average solids-not-fat content of producer milk. New technologies already in use in the U.S. and other countries allow for easier standardization of milk fat, protein and other solids without significant changes in flavor or other properties of fluid milk products. The U.S. standard for SNF content in fluid milk content should reflect both the natural levels of SNF found in milk, and allow use of the current, modern technologies available to adjust milk solids to the new standard.