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World Dairy Digest
Russian consumer agency suspends milk
imports from Ukraine dairy producers
Tests show products violated dairy regulations, agency claims
R
ussia’s consumer protection agency recently suspended
imports from six Ukrainian dairy producers, the latest
sign of worsening trade relations between the two countries
since Russia annexed Crimea. The Russian consumer rights
watchdog Rospotrebnadzor claims it had found the products
violated dairy regulations
after conducting
laboratory tests. “To
ensure consumer rights,
Rospotrebnadzor has
suspended imports into
the Russian Federation
of (six) Ukrainian dairy
producers,” the agency
stated. The move follows
a similar ban by Ukraine
Trade relations are worsening between Russia on several cheese
products manufactured by
and the Ukraine since Crimea annexation.
Lactalis Istra, the Russian
subsidiary of French dairy giant Lactalis. www.reuters.com and
www.dairyreporter.com ... Australian supermarket giant Coles
is accused of painting a misleading picture of the country’s
dairy industry via a social media campaign at the height of the
milk wars last year, according to the Australian Competition
and Consumer Commission (ACCC). An investigation followed
into the supermarket’s video and cartoon called ‘Our Coles
brand milk story,’ which was published on social media. The
video and cartoon ran from early February to early May, and
appeared on YouTube,
Coles’ website and
its Facebook page,
and was promoted
on links from Twitter
and other social
media sites. The
ACCC investigated
the campaign after
receiving complaints
from dairy farmer
organizations about
Australian-based Coles released controversial video representations
made by Coles,
and cartoon about dairy industry on social media.
which came at
a time of intense public debate about the impact of AU$1
milk on Australian dairy farmers. www.dairyreporter.com ...
Twenty-five U.S. veterinary drug manufacturers have agreed
to phase out antimicrobial products that are important in
human medicine, and are used in food animals for growth
promotion as opposed to disease control. They will co-
April 2014
operate in withdrawing these registrations for production uses.
Administration of these products for therapeutic uses will
require supervision by veterinarians. www.agriweek.com ...
Cows in the United Kingdom are being brought in to create
a ‘pastoral ambience’ in a suburban London park and help
conserve wildlife. Not everyone is happy about the plan to
introduce the cattle at Nork Park, Nork. The move has provoked
concern the cows will
trample wildflowers,
leave a trail of manure
and stop people and
dogs from roaming
free. Half a dozen cows,
docile breeds such as
Sussex or Hereford
Cross, will be put in
Hereford Cross cows are being released in a suburthe enclosure for about
ban London park to graze, and support local wildlife.
six weeks a year, partly
in the summer and then again in winter. The council’s parks
and countryside manager said the practice of using grazing
supports wildlife. Many species that benefited from farming in
the past suffered as farming practices changed and habitats
were lost, the manager stated. www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk
... The Obama administration has
released another key element
in the president’s Climate Action
Plan: a “Strategy to Reduce Methane
Emissions.” The government is
pursuing a targeted strategy to
further cut methane emissions
from several key sources. For
example, in June, several partners,
including the dairy industry, the
US Department of Agriculture,
the Environmental Protection
Agency and the Department
of Energy, will jointly release
The U.S. government is pursuing
a “Biogas Roadmap” outlining
a targeted strategy to further cut
voluntary strategies to accelerate
methane emissions.
adoption of methane digesters
and other cost-effective technologies to reduce U.S. dairy
sector greenhouse gas emissions by 25 per cent by 2020 for
the entire value chain. www.cheesereporter.com ... Yogurt
consumption in Germany is growing almost twice as fast as
other dairy products; a trend that is set to continue, according
to a new report from Canadean. It found yogurt’s taste and
texture is more important than price and calorie count. Yogurt
is expected to register the highest growth across all dairy
categories at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.7
per cent during 2012-17. In a new study on German consumer
preferences in dairy products, Canadean found indulgence is
the leading trend motivating 35 per cent of consumption by
volume. It also found consumers aged 55-plus are the most
frequent dairy consumers among adults. www.canadean.com.
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