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Milk tops EU strategy
Dairy UK has welcomed the European Parliament’s decision to put milk at the heart of the EU strategy to improve healthy eating through a better-funded school milk scheme.
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Fonterra celebrates school milk milestone
Fonterra has delivered more than 50 million packs of milk to New Zealand children since its Milk for Schools programme began, which is more than 10 million litres of milk, the company says.
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Dairy UK compromises on school milk scheme
Dairy UK welcomes the European Council Special Committee on Agriculture’s endorsement of a new compromise position for a revised EU School Milk Scheme.
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New EU school milk scheme is at a standstill
Discussions between the European Council and Parliament around the new EU School Milk Scheme have been interrupted following a lack of agreement over the legal basis of the draft Regulation.
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Dairy Council celebrates World School Milk Day
The Dairy Council has invited children and parents along to Birmingham’s science museum, Thinktank, to begin celebrations for World School Milk Day.
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A world united in dairy
This month has been a momentous one for the dairy industry. On 1 June (or thereabouts), we celebrated World Milk Day.
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Helping Ethiopia’s dairy chain
When Ethiopia takes part in world school milk day, there is never enough milk to go round. Despite the fact that the country has more cattle than any other African nation, only a fraction of the milk they produce ever gets to market. The consequence is that children often grow up with no dairy products in […]
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UN to the EU
The European Dairy Association’s World Dairy Forum in Stresa, Italy attracted a diverse audience. Suzanne Christiansen reports.
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November 2014
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Dairy is in pole position, says EDA
At this year’s European Dairy Association World Dairy Forum in Stresa, Italy, over 200 leaders of the dairy industry discussed the role of dairy in facing the global nutrition challenges ahead. Under the umbrella ‘European dairy in a global context’, leaders of the dairy industry worldwide discussed the prominent role dairy will play in feeding […]
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Tetra Pak’s sustainable report
Packaging giant Tetra Pak has released its Sustainability Update 2014. The report highlights the company’s work in the areas of environmental performance, social responsibility and good governance over the past year. Examples of the company’s progress in 2013 include: More than 64 million school children received milk or other nutritious drinks in Tetra Pak packages. For […]
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Food for thought and for development
Tetra Pak’s global director for the food for development (FFD) office, Ulla Holm, discussed what the packaging giant is doing with its sustainable development initiatives, after her presentation at the second annual Save Food Congress, held on the trade show grounds at Interpack in Germany. The company has been working on improving children’s nutrition for […]
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Get ready for trade
Thailand’s dairy industry is preparing to enter a new era with the launch of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) in 2015, which plans to accelerate economic and social development across Southeast Asia by removing trade barriers and promoting cross border commerce.
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Lithuania oversees decision on CAP reform
The Lithuanians took over from the Irish to preside over the council of ministers as of 1 July. The Lithuanian president, Dalia Grybauskaitė says he hopes for a “better, stronger, more united future together.
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