National Pasta Association

National Pasta Association
National Pasta Association
Abbreviation NPA
Formation 1904[1][2]
Headquarters 1156 Fifteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C., United States
Website www.ilovepasta.org

The National Pasta Association (NPA) is a trade association of professionals in the United States pasta industry.[3] The NPA formed as the National Macaroni Manufacturers Association in 1904, making it one of the oldest trade associations in the United States. In 1981, its name changed to the National Pasta Association. The NPA developed and successfully lobbied for anti-dumping regulation in the late 1990s to ensure fair trade of pasta in the United States. The NPA publishes the Pasta Journal, formerly the Macaroni Journal.

Mission statement

  • To increase the consumption of pasta;
  • to promote the development of sound public policy and;
  • act as a center of knowledge for the industry.

Notes

  1. ^ National Pasta Association. "Backgrounder", National Pasta Association website, 2007. Retrieved on October 28, 2008.
  2. ^ "Related Resources and Links", California Wheat Commission website, 2011. Retrieved on September 13, 2011.
  3. ^ National Pasta Association. "About NPA", National Pasta Association website, 2007. Retrieved on October 29, 2008.



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