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Editor: Léa Vital i
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14th Pan-American Dairy Conference
in Chile: ¡Sí a la Leche!
More than 600 participants from Latin
America and the U.S.A. underlined at the
FEPALE conference that both Dairy Americas
are united under the FEPALE motto: ¡Sí a la
Leche! . The key speaker of the Opening
Session was the former Uruguay President
Don José Mujica (Don Pepe) who
highlighted the importance of milk and
dairy in Latin America as a nutritional and
societal force.
EDA secretary general Alexander Anton
presented our EDA view on the European
and global dairy development at this
opening session.
FEPALE Opening
Session with
former Uruguay
President Don
José Mujica
EDA at the Council of Agricultural
Ministers of the South
The Council of Agricultural Ministers of the
South (Consejo Agropecuario del Sur, CAS)
had its 31st official meeting last week.
The agricultural ministers of Argentina,
Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and
Uruguay focussed their agenda on dairy.
The ministers invited EDA secretary
general Alexander Anton for an exchange
on global dairy developments.
Tabaré Agerre, Agricultural minister of
Uruguay, who holds both, the presidency of
CAS and of MERCOSUR, with EDA secretary
general Alexander Anton
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EDA bases its actions on science
The dairy sector has proved that milk and dairy are
nutrient-rich and contain highly bioavailable
essential nutrients. Reducing their intake could lead
to poor nutritional status: a negative impact on health.
In the midst of the debates over the environmental
impact of dairy, EDA has been working on a Nutrition
& Sustainability Fact Sheet on ‘Nutrient Density and
Carbon Foot Print’ including 3 studies . An update
with the very latest science is already in preparation:
please stay tuned.
EDA’s nutrition and sustainability factsheets
are available online.
Australian Trade Minister Steven Ciobo with EDA
secretary general Alexander Anton
Annual EDA door knock in Washington
As in former years, an EDA delegation visited Washington this week. They met, with the delegation of the
European Commission, agricultural attachés of several EU Member States, the main dairy farmers’ organisation
(NMPF), the US Dairy Export Council (USDEC), USDA, USTR, FDA and representatives of the AGRI and Trade
committees in the House and Senate. Just a couple of days after the 13th round of TTIP negotiations, the EU –
U.S. free trade agreement was of course high on the agenda, but the EDA delegation stressed that while
supporting the conclusion of the negotiations, the top priority is to get – within or outside the FTA – an agreement
on equivalence to address both Grade A and the challenges of the implementation of the Food Safety
Modernisation Act (FSMA). EDA also stressed once more that EU28 is and must be considered as a single entity,
with all member states complying with the same EU food safety legislation and implementing it the same way.
This visit also gave the opportunity to discuss inter alia the dairy Margin Protection Program, the additional
import duties on butter and cream triggered last year, the Dairy Import Assessment, milk substitutes, whey
and milk permeate Codex standards, the two major issues for the US dairy industry being equivalence and GIs.
Free Trade Agreement EU – Australia
At a lunch meeting in the residence of Australian
ambassador H.E. Dr Mark Higgie in Brussels, the
Australian minister for trade and investment, MP
Steven Ciobo underlined the openness of Australia
for foreign investments and the ‘fairness- approach’
when it comes to FTAs. “Free Trade Agreements
(FTAs) must create win-win situations and an EU –
Australia FTA would help the EU gain market access
in parts of the world, where you don’t have yet easy
access”.
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May
● Tues. 3: CDG Milk │Brussels (BE)
● Mon. 9: Europe Day
● Tue. 10: Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA)
● Tue. 10 – Thu. 12: Food Technology Asia 2016 │
Karachi Expo Centre - Pakistan
● Wed. 11: Conference on the ‘CAP tools to reduce
price volatility in agricultural markets’ │European
Parliament, Strasbourg (FR)
● Wed. 18 – Thu. 19: DIN Annual Conference │
London (UK)
● Wed. 18 – Thu. 19: Extraordinary hearing of the
COMAGRI (European Parliament) – EDA Chair
Michel Nalet on the speakers’ panel
June
● Wed. 1st: World Milk Day
● Mon. 6 – Wed. 8: IFCN Dairy Conference
(The Dairy Research Network) │Ghent (BE)
Mercosur trade deal: What impact on EU
agriculture?
Various agrifood stakeholders gathered on 2nd May
at the European Parliament to debate on the
potential impact of an EU-Mercosur trade deal on EU
agriculture. Six years ago, back when the
negotiations with Mercosur were officially
relaunched, the Commission's trade department had
stated that on a general basis, an EU-Mercosur trade
deal “would deliver net economic benefits worth about
€4.5 billion a year to both regions” (Source: EurActiv).
Yesterday’s event highlighted that it would indeed
be a real opportunity for the dairy industry to
grow further, given for instance the continual
increase of the consumers’ demand in the dairy
sector, especially in Brazil and Argentina.
Early-bird registrations open!
2016 EDA Convention in Nice (France)
1st – 3rd December 2016
Join the annual get-together of the European
"lactosphère" and save the date of the unmissable
2016 EDA Convention in Nice (France) to celebrate
the “European Dairy Ambition”.
Our 2016 Convention, promises to provide you with
enriching presentations from outstanding speakers -
the list of confirmed speakers for the first session
includes EU Commissioner Phil Hogan, Annikka
Hurme (CEO Valio Oy), Daniel Jaouen (CEO
Lactalis), Peter Stahl (CEO Hochland SE and chair of
MIV), and Peder Tuborgh (CEO Arla Foods amba).
Register now for the EDA 2016 Convention
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