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The pandemic through the OECD numbers
I find statistics fascinating, and how these numbers interact with our daily lives. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released some new figures recently, showing that growth of gross domestic product (GDP) in the G20 area slowed to 2.1% in the fourth quarter of 2020, down from the large rebound in the previous quarter (7.8%) that followed the unprecedented falls in the first half of the year due to Covid-19 containment measures.
Mandatory milk origin labelling decree annulled by French Conseil d’État
On 10 March 2021, the French Conseil d’État annulled for excess of power the French decree on mandatory origin labelling for milk.
The future is sustainable
Under the Dairy Sustainability Framework, the global dairy industry has been busy offering a framework for a holistic approach to sustainability in the dairy value chain.
Chr Hansen Natural Colors inaugurates state-of-the-art R&D centre
The company says its new Montpellier facilities will strengthen its possibilities to develop innovative and natural solutions in close collaboration with customers.
Danone sells off Yakult stake
French dairy giant Danone is selling the rest of its stake in Japan’s Yakult Honsha.
Lactalis to buy Kraft Heinz cheeses in US
French dairy giant Lactalis plans to buy several of Kraft Heinz’s US cheese businesses for $3.2 billion.
EU milk production strong so far in 2020
Milk output in the European Union has been surprisingly strong with production through April 2020 running 2% ahead of 2019, according to a global market analysis from the Foreign Agricultural Service of the US Department of Agriculture.
Squaring the circle
The increase in national labelling laws in what is supposed to be a European single market, is just one of the things people are dealing with, while trying to square the circle that is the post-pandemic world.
National measures harm EU single market, says MEP
European Parliament Member (MEP) Andreas Schwab (EPP, DE) has been publishing a list of recently adopted national measures violating the single market principle in the European Union consumer goods sector, the European Dairy Association’s Dairy Flash reports.
ESI opens production line for infant formula in France
ESI Nutrition, the nutrition division of dairy co-operative Laïta, says its new production line located in its Ploudaniel, France facility is now fully operational and ran the first commercial production on 28 April.
Cheese exports provide increase for Austrian dairy
Austrian milk exports continued to increase in 2019 and reached a total value of €943 million in the first nine months of the year.
Lact’Union presents new flavours of Promess drinking yogurt
French dairy co-operative Lact’Union Group has expanded its Promess ambient dairy drinking dessert with two new flavours: strawberry and banana.
Epi Ingredients’ fermented powders now Kosher-certified
Epi Ingredients’ industrial facility in Ancenis, France has been certified Kosher by the Orthodox union Kosher certification service.
Candia chooses SIG’s plant-based carton
SIG’s SIGnature Pack 100, the world’s only aluminium-free aseptic carton pack with polymers linked to plant-based renewable material, is being launched in France for the first time by Candia.