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ensures the best scientific expertise is used to support high quality milk and
nutritious, safe and sustainable dairy products.
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Dairy & sustainable development goals
The dairy sector is an essential contributor to the UN sustainable development goals.
While the sector has obvious impacts on ending hunger, achieving food security, and improving the nutritional value of diets in a sustainable manner, the sector also has an important part to play in the achievement of many of the other sustainability goals identified.
For more information on the dairy sector’s commitment to the sustainable development goals, including case studies and other information, visit the website of the Dairy Declaration of Rotterdam.
IDF Membership
IDF’s membership is made up of National Committees, constituted by dairy organizations in each country and representing as fully as possible the various dairying activities of the country (such as milk production, manufacture, distribution, technology, science, human nutrition, marketing, economics, education and administration).
It is estimated that 12-14% of the world population live on dairy farms or within dairy farming households
More than 6 billion people worldwide consume milk and milk products
At least 160 million children around the world currently receive and benefit from receiving milk at school
World milk production is expected to grow 1.7% p.a. reaching approximately 981 Mt by 2028
Milk and dairy foods are important sources of several nutrients that contribute to health and a well-balanced diet.
The dairy sector benefits from IDF/ISO’s unique collaboration to provide standards for methods of analysis and sampling
Featured publications
IDF provides a permanent source of authoritative scientific and other information on a whole range of topics relevant to the dairy sector.
Bulletin of the IDF N°513/2021: Identification of Probiotics at the strain leve...
Probiotics are specific microbial strains that have a beneficial effect on the health of the host and are defi....
Bulletin of the IDF N° 512/2021: The World Dairy Situation 2021...
Annual survey containing information on milk and dairy production, processing, companies, consumption, trade,....
ISO 23970 | IDF 252: 2021 Milk, milk products and infant formula — Determinati...
This document specifies a method for the determination of melamine and cyanuric acid with liquid chromatograph....
ISO/TS 23758 | IDF/RM 251: 2021 - Guidelines for the validation of qualitative s...
This document describes general workflows and protocols for the validation and the verification of qualitative....
Latest news & events
IDF launches 15th edition of the Animal Health Rep...
Brussels 26 November 2021 -Today, IDF has released its 15th edition of the Animal Health Report 2021 which is available to download for free on the....
IDF Dairy Leaders Panel 2021: “We must create th...
“We must reduce the dairy productions climate impact. At the same time, dairy farms must improve their storytelling abilities when it comes to....
IDF hosts webinar to celebrate World School Milk D...
School milk programs are common in many countries around the world, with over 160 million children worldwide currently benefiting from milk in....
New study shows importance of dairy in fracture pr...
A new study ‘Dietary Sources of Calcium and Protein Reduce Hip Fractures and Falls in Institutionalised Older Adults: a Cluster-Randomised....
