In today’s rapidly evolving global food market, ensuring the safety, quality, and integrity of dairy products has become paramount. With consumers demanding greater transparency and accountability from food producers, traceability has emerged as a critical factor in building trust and confidence in the dairy supply chain. Traceability is defined as the ability to track and trace the movement of products and their ingredients throughout the supply chain.
Sundarini, a Sundarbans-based milk cooperative and livestock producer, has won international laurels along with the National Dairy Development Board at the third International Dairy Federation at Paris on Friday. The Dairy Innovation Awards 2024 was awarded for sustainable farming practices.Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee congratulated members of…
Dodla Dairy Ltd (BSE – 543306, NSE – DODLA, ISIN: INE021001019), one of India’s leading integrated dairy companies, has announced that it has completed the acquisition of a land parcel admeasuring 35.23 acres at Itkal Village, Dharashiv District, Maharashtra. The company has a strong procurement setup in the state and this land acquisition is a step forward towards setting up an integrated plant for the surrounding Solapur district.
The International Dairy Federation (IDF) is pleased to announce the election of Gilles Froment as its new President during the 118th General Assembly held today in Paris. Mr. Froment, who has been serving as both an IDF Board Member and Treasurer, succeeds Piercristiano Brazzale and brings over two decades of dedicated service to the Federation. Mr. Froment’s current role as Senior Vice President of Government and Industry Relations at Lactalis Canada further underscores his extensive experience in both public and private sectors.
At the highly anticipated Gala Dinner of the IDF World Dairy Summit 2024, held on October 17 in Paris, France, the International Dairy Federation (IDF) presented its most prestigious awards, recognizing outstanding contributions to the global dairy sector. These honors…
IDF subscribes to FAO’s definition of sustainability by which being sustainable means to meet the needs of present and future generations, while ensuring profitability, environmental health, and social and economic equity. Therefore, sustainable food and agriculture (SFA) should contribute to all four pillars of food security – availability, access, utilization and stability – and the dimensions of sustainability (environmental, social and economic). This involves all actors of the dairy value chain, from farm to fork, including all farmers and processors whether small, medium or large, cooperatives, dairy workers and leaders, scientists and experts, traders, dairy unions and anyone engaged in the process of producing dairy in the widest sense of the term, whom IDF represents all over the world. We understand that this implies global challenges but local solutions.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a recent notification mandating the registration of primary milk producers, aimed at improving milk safety, traceability, and quality. This move targets the unorganized sector of the dairy industry, especially small and marginal dairy farmers, to raise awareness about clean milk production and address prevalent issues related to contaminants, hormones, and antibiotics in milk.
Investors are rushing to milk the projected ₹49.95-lakh-crore opportunity in the Indian dairy sector, on the back of a compounded annual growth rate of 13 per cent during 2023-32. After attracting $154 million funding in 2022, the dairy sector briefly saw a dip in interest before it revived again this year, pulling in $109 million to date.
When milk prices are rising across the country, why has there been a huge fluctuation of nearly 20 percent in ghee prices? TDP, which is a key constituent of the ruling NDA alliance in the state, raised this question while levelling fresh allegations of cartel formation during the previous YSRCP regime.
Dr Verghese Kurien, also known as ‘milk man of India’ who transformed the dairy sector through a three-tier cooperative model of dairy farmers, transforming the nation from being milk deficient to the world’s biggest producer of milk.
