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... with the new zealand-based dairy multinational fonterra announcing a drop in profits from its organic dairy operations in new zealand this week, australian food news has been investigating the current state of australia’s organic dairy industry ... andrew monk, convenor of the biological farmers of australia (bfa) standards advisory group says australia’s organic dairy industry is a “small but growing industry” ... australia’s “growing and under-supplied” organic dairy market “supply of australian organic dairy has continued to struggle to keep up with demand and in fact has even been importing new zealand organic dairy to supplement local supply in australia ... in the short term, this remains good news for australian organic dairy producers to continue to supply into a growing and under supplied market,” dr monk said ... he continued, “however, organic dairy involves an intensive production system requiring organic feed inputs and other higher costs of slower growth or production (due to the organic standard requirements of natural production systems) ... ” retail opportunities for australia’s organic dairy producers according to dr ... “the irony of fonterra’s cutback of organic dairy in new zealand is that countries like australia are starting to see an increase in mainstream [supermarket] demand for organic products ... monk acknowledged that the large dairy groups are under greater pressure to maintain high shorter term returns for their owners ... combined with projected high world prices for non-organic dairy products in the coming period, companies like fonterra may be considering their organic dairy operations are simply not a business priority ... “even if organic dairy rises to 5% of the total australian or new zealand dairy product market in the coming decade, the likes of fonterra may still view this as too “niche” for such a large company,” dr ... “organic is about a long term project - particularly for dairy - not something to dip in or out of without care and effort

... the office of fair trading (oft) today fined dairy processors and retailers almost £50m for retail price-fixing in the early noughties ... after a lengthy investigation, the office found that arla, asda, dairy crest, safeway, mclelland, sainsbury’s and tesco infringed the competition act 1998 ... the infringement related to co-ordinated price increases on specific dairy products between 2002 and 2003 ... easy as abc… this objective was achieved, the oft said, by supermarkets indirectly exchanging retail pricing intentions via the major dairy processors, in a so-called ‘abc’ information exchange ... asda, dairy crest, lactalis mclelland before the groupe lactalis takeover, safeway prior to its acquisition by morrisons, sainsbury’s, tesco and the cheese company were all involved ... a liquid milk infringement also saw arla, asda, dairy crest, safeway and robert wiseman dairies involved ... however, one dairy industry source suggested to foodmanufacture

... schmidt added that confectionery manufacturers could use the predictable time-temperature relationship, similar to ones that the dairy industry uses for milk pasteurization, to achieve better results in the development and production of products

... hydrosol is to take over cca kilmmeck in its bid to become one of the world leading customized stabilizing suppliers for dairy products ... in particular, klimmeck’s liquid stabilizers for cream and other dairy foods complement hydrosol ’s own stabilizer range for the same industry, a spokesperson for hydrosol told dairyreporter ... western and eastern europe one of klimmecks’ main draws was its brand laboron, which has been well established in the dairy industry for over 20 years, said the spokesperson

... hydrosol is to take over cca kilmmeck in its bid to become one of the world leading customized stabilizing suppliers for dairy products ... in particular, klimmeck’s liquid stabilizers for cream and other dairy foods complement hydrosol’s own stabilizer range for the same industry, a spokesperson for hydrosol told dairyreporter ... western and eastern europe one of klimmecks’ main draws was its brand laboron, which has been well established in the dairy industry for over 20 years, said the spokesperson

... new zealand dairy group fonterra has appointed former friesland foods executive theo spierings as its ceo ... the dairy co-operative said today (14 july) that spierings would replace departing ceo andrew ferrier from 26 september ... fonterra chairman sir henry van der heyden said spierings would bring 25 years of knowledge of the global dairy industry to the company ... “spierings has a wealth of experience in managing dairy businesses across asia, latin america, africa, the middle east and europe ... spierings was acting ceo of friesland foods when the dutch dairy group merged with local rival campina

... international dairy prices have taken another tumble at the latest fonterra auction, dropping to their lowest level so far this year ... trade-weighted prices for all products and across all contracts at yesterday’s global dairy trade auction were down 6 ... fonterra accounts for about 40 per cent of global dairy trade so its fortnightly auctions, selling milk powder, casein and dried milk fat, are seen as a useful guide for gauging the direction of international dairy prices ... strong new zealand dollar weakens competitiveness nevertheless, the latest falls may have as much to do with the new zealand dollar as they do with the international dairy market ... the imf recently said the currency is 20 per cent overvalued and this strength is weakening the competitive position of the new zealand dairy industry in international markets

... from 1 july 2011, the agency will be changing the frequency of official hygiene inspections on dairy farms in england, wales and northern ireland, to make the system more proportionate to the food safety risks ... this will reduce the burden on the competent authorities that carry out the inspections, lower the cost to taxpayers, and provide a cost equivalent of £150,000 per year in saved time for dairy farmers ... following a period of consultation, the key features of the amended system are: dairy farms supplying milk for pasteurisation will receive a routine official inspection every two yearsmembers of the red tractor assured dairy farm scheme will benefit from reduced inspections and will receive an official inspection every 10 yearsto ensure consumers are protected, the inspection frequency for all farms that produce unpasteurised drinking milk will stay at six months, and those that produce milk for unpasteurised dairy products will be inspected every two years to further protect consumers, the new system will include measures to identify any businesses that are not complying fully with the law, and these farms will be inspected more frequently ... this ensures that resources are focused on dairy farms that most need improvement or those that carry out the highest-risk activities ... the agency’s chief executive tim smith said: 'the changes we are introducing will continue to ensure that consumers are protected while reducing the cost to the taxpayer of dairy inspections ... the dairy industry has developed systems to ensure the safety of its products and it is only right that we look at ways of making inspections more proportionate to the risks ... in scotland, the system is not changing and dairy hygiene inspections will continue to occur every two years ... the fsa is currently considering extending recognition of red tractor assured dairy farm membership to scotland, which would result in inspections every 10 years for members

... attracted by its natural, low calorie profile, food manufacturers across the industry are turning to stevia but it is the market for snacks and non-alcoholic drinks that is leading the way ... but in france, the market researcher said the beverage industry is currently the biggest user ... the dairy industry has also shown significant interest in stevia; danone began using the ingredient in its taillefine yoghurts in july last year, advertising the fact prominently on the pack

... a top local dairy industry official has called china's dairy standards the loosest in the world, triggering a fresh controversy on the issue ... the issue gained new momentum when wang dingmian, chairman of the guangzhou dairy association, said at an industry meeting that the country's standards on fresh milk are the loosest in the world and a national "shame ... " dingmian's comments, which have been quoted by official chinese news agencies, pointed to china's new dairy standards , which took effect on june 1 this year ... in comparison, dairy standards in western nations call for a bacterial count of roughly 100,000 per millilitre of raw milk, and a protein content of roughly 3 grams per 100 grams of raw milk ... dingmian added that the standards were lowered because of increased pressure from dairy producers, who were looking to reap larger profits by cutting costs via these reduced standards ... he further alleged that the bacteria counts in freshly produced raw milk were low and it is the dairy producers' own sanitation standards that were unable to meet high dairy standards ... while officials at the guangzhou dairy association remain tight lipped, an official from another province level dairy association said that dingmian was not wrong, but his reasons may be ... “if higher standards were adopted, i estimate that at least 60 per cent of all dairy cows would be rendered unusable to supply milk,” he added