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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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