Milk prices are causing unrest in India, where dairy farmers have gone on an ‘indefinite strike’; high inflation means less organic milk sales in Britain, and US dairy exports returned a strong performance in January.
According to the European Court of Justice, Denmark has failed to fulfil its obligations under EU law by continuing to sell ‘feta’ cheese to third countries.
SI Foods Ltd, the majority shareholder of Dodoni SA, and CVC Capital Partners VII (CVC Fund VII) have agreed to the joint ownership of SI Foods Holding Ltd, with CVC Fund VII holding a majority interest.
Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, which represents farmers throughout the Midwest, has commended 61 US senators seeking to safeguard dairy exports against trade barriers in future trade agreements as they relate to names of cheeses.
Tetra Pak has launched its first complete processing line for feta type white cheese products, with a fully automated and integrated solution the company says ensures the highest standard of food safety and speed to market.
At most European events, you’ll see stands with Greek products such as Feta cheese. It’s a PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) product, but just how much do you know about this special and ubiquitous cheese? And about Greek dairy in general?
The European Union’s effort to take sole ownership of common cheese terms based on origin has ended in an agreement, protecting the fate of ‘mozzarella’ around the world.
As the EU and Australia negotiate a free trade agreement, the EU has given Australia a list of more than 400 products it wants protected as part of any deal, with many dairy terms included.
The dairy industries on both sides of the Atlantic share quite different views on the recently negotiated trade deal between the European Union and Mexico.
Danish food ingredients specialist Chr. Hansen is poised to launch a new range of cheese cultures that it claims will radically extend the shelf-life taste profile of products such as feta.
The European Court of Justice's feta ruling may give sole rights to
Greece, yet one of Europe's leading dairy producers has been
preparing for years to find a way round the new rules.
A key advisor to the European Court of Justice said last week that
certain Greek manufacturers should be given the exclusive right to
manufacture feta cheese, Tom Armitage reports.
While the Greeks may be rejoicing that the EU has finally granted
PDO status to their feta cheese, producers elsewhere in the Union
are preparing to fight the decision - including one small producer
in the north of England.
