FRANCE: Paris looks for milk price talks
By: just-food.com | 19 May 2009
The French government has appointed mediators in a bid to resolve the stand-off between the country's producers and dairies over price.
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The French government has appointed mediators in a bid to resolve the stand-off between the country's producers and dairies over price.

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