DAIRY REFORMS GET COOL RESPONSE FROM INDUSTRY
February 1st, 2007
BY DAVID HAWORTH, in BrusselsTHE EUROPEAN Dairy Association (EDA) has sounded a cautious note to the announcement today (Thurs 15-2) in Brussels of reforms to European Union (EU) directives covering the dairy industry. EU agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel said: "There are many things we can do to make the rules in the dairy sector work more effectively." The proposed changes to the EU dairy common market regime include scrapping EU subsidies for storing cream and skimmed milk powder, simplifying butter subsidies and abolishing subsidised dairy ...
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