($3.31 per metric ton) assessment on all milk produced and marketed commercially in the 48 contiguous states.
The DMI has partnered with many fast food companies to introduce more dairy products to the menu.
The Check Off Program has also teamed up with Taco Bell to introduce the double steak cheese quesadilla and worked with Domino's to create cheese stuffed crust and push their products into schools, bringing pizza to over 2,000 schools.
[citation needed] The Dairy Check Off Program has increased flavored milk being sold and distributed in school lunches.
They had not published financial reports on the $400 million promotional and dairy research fund in the past four years.
Because of the lapse in publishing of these legally required annual financial reports, a lack of accountability, transparency, and oversight by the USDA was exposed.