Archives for April 29, 2002

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Challenges to the organic dairy sector

A second dairy report released this week reveals that European sales of organic dairy products grew by 26.2 per cent in 2001 to top €1.2 billion. Future growth looks healthy for organic dairy products but a number of challenges are anticipated.

Health and snacks drive dairy growth

An increase in health awareness and the consumer trend towards snacking has driven dairy volume sales to an all time high, claims a recent survey from market analysts Euromonitor International.

Down and out ... in US labs?

Lax security and dilapidated federal laboratories that test animals for deadly diseases like anthrax and mad cow disease are putting the livestock industry at risk, US scientists and government officials said this week

Production dips at chocolate factory

German chocolate manufacturer Stollwerck AG is working at about half its production capacity, new parent, Switzerland's Barry Callebaut, said on Monday