European Commission’s proposals for reform of the EU’s dairy industry will herald significant change. Joop Kleibeuker, secretary general of the Brussels-based European Dairy Association, spoke with David Haworth about market liberalisation, new product development and...
The European Dairy Association (EDA) has sounded a cautious note to the announcement today (15 February) in Brussels of reforms to European Union (EU) directives covering the dairy industry.
The survival of the European Union’s (EU) production-linked subsidy schemes for the dairy sector are under review and could be under attack soon, European Union (EU) agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel has told a conference at Wageningen University, the Netherlands.
The European Union has commenced infringement proceedings against the UK’s food safety authorities for allegedly failing to react to food safety violations at Bowland Dairy. The EU suspended imports of curd cheese from the dairy concerned last Friday (6 October), but the UK Food Standards Agency had said it found no evidence to support the EU’s concerns.
The UK has disputed the legitimacy of the European Commission’s proposal to take safeguard measures against a UK dairy due to alleged serious breaches of European Union food safety rules.
Breaches of food safety legislation at a UK dairy and the failure of the UK's Food Standards Agency to address the issue have caused the EU to impose a ban on curd…
© Copyright Verdict Media Limited 2021
