The Dairy Declaration of Rotterdam
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Dairy Federation (IDF) signed the Dairy Declaration of Rotterdam on 19th October during the IDF World Dairy Summit.
Ms Gerda Verburg opens the IDF World Dairy Summit 2016
“Providing good and well-balanced nutrition is the key factor for solving poverty in the world”. With these words, Ms Gerda Verburg, coordinator of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, an UN-based international network organization in Geneva, aimed at defeating global malnutrition, opened the IDF World Dairy Summit 2016 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Dr Judith Bryans is the New IDF President
Dr Judith Bryans takes over from Dr Jeremy Hill of New Zealand who was elected at the 2012 World Dairy Summit in Cape Town, South Africa.
IDF Press Release: IFAC and IDF sign a Memorandum of Understanding
International Food Additives Council and International Dairy Federation sign Memorandum of Understanding to promote global harmonization of food additives and food ingredients for the dairy sector
U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention and International Dairy Federation Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Collaborate on Standards
Rockville, Md. and Brussels, February 26, 2016 — The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) and the International Dairy Federation (IDF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate in the development, identification, elaboration and dissemination of science-based standards at an international level with…
New IDF/ISO method speeds up quality control and facilitates trade of probiotics and starter cultures
A new joint International Dairy Federation (IDF)/International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standard (ISO 19344|IDF 232) has just been released to provide a method for the quantification of lactic acid bacteria by flow cytometry in fermented products, starter cultures, and probiotics used in dairy products…
The World Dairy Situation 2015 is released at the IDF World Dairy Summit
The World Dairy Situation 2015, the International Dairy Federation’s (IDF) flagship publication, was presented during the Dairy Policies and Economics conference at the IDF World Dairy Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 22 September 2015…
IDF Explores New Opportunities For Non-Cow Milk Production
Over 130 experts from 16 countries gathered in Limassol, Cyprus this week for the International Dairy Federation’s IDF 7th International Symposium on Sheep, Goat and other non – Cow Milk to discuss the latest developments in goat, sheep and other non-cow milk sectors…