India extends ban on Chinese milk products

September 18th, 2009 Euro farmers dump milk to protest price slumpPARIS — Angry French farmers dumped millions of liters of fresh milk next to one of France's most famous tourist sites on Friday to denounce the slumping cost of milk and an EU plan to end production quotas, which could further drive prices down. APLI, a small dairy farmer's union that organized the protest, said over 1,000 farmers and 300 tractors took part in the event, pouring 3,5 million liters (925,000 gallons) of milk onto fields next to the famed Mont Saint-Michel.

September 17th, 2009 KOLKATA - Australian dairy brands, Bega cheese and Pauls Zymil easy to digest milk, were launched in Kolkata Thursday and would soon be available in other Indian cities as well, an official said. "The brands will be initially available in eastern and northeastern India, followed by launches in northern, southern and western India," Debraj Sanyal, director iMBiz Pvt Ltd, told reporters at a press meet.

July 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) has urged the government to restrict Chinese power equipment imports as the domestic industry is badly hit by the cheaper availability of Chinese products. In a note submitted to the finance ministry, Assocham said India's power equipment manufacturers lost business worth Rs.2.5 lakh crore ($52 billion) as power producers turned to cheaper Chinese products.

July 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Himalayan International, a food processing export oriented firm based in Himachal Pradesh,is set to enter the north Indian market,including Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and the Union Territory of Chandigarhnext month with its full range of hundred percent natural milk based products and ethnic indian sweets. The products will be launched in the domestic market by the year-end, the company's Managing Director, Manmohan Malik, said here today.alik said he expected domestic sales to touch Rs 25 crore during current financial year and has set up target to achieve 100 crore sales during next two years.e said that his company has identified a few of its products for launch in domestic market.

July 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Himachal Pradesh-based farm produce exports major Himalaya International is entering the markets in north India, including the national capital, with a wide range of products including ethnic sweets, mushrooms made of imported spawn, and fortified milk, yogurt and cottage cheese. "We will launch the same, premium all natural sweets that we market in North America, packed in our plant.

July 4th, 2009 Malt-O-Meal recalls oatmeal made with dry milkMINNEAPOLIS — Malt-O-Meal Co. is voluntarily recalling oatmeal that contains instant nonfat dry milk that may be contaminated with salmonella.

June 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hit by the influx of cheaper Chinese goods in the domestic market, India's small and medium enterprises (SMEs) want tougher safeguard duties and quality norms to be imposed on imports from the neighbouring country, say an an industry lobby survey. Chinese goods are 10 to 70 percent cheaper than their Indian counterparts and the flood of such products in the domestic market have affected companies across sectors at a time when demand is already low due to the global slowdown, said the survey conducted by the Federation of Indian Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

June 3rd, 2009 China closes 4,000 milk collection stationsBEIJING — China has shut down nearly 4,000 milk collection stations for failing to meet safety standards, nine months after tainted milk products were blamed for sickening hundreds of thousands of babies and killing six children, the official Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday. The closures come after the government inspected all of the country's 20,393 milk collection stations since last November, Song Kungang, director-general of the China Dairy Industry Association, said, according to Xinhua.

May 2nd, 2009 Product Recalls: Crouton productThe following recall has been announced: —Sugar Foods Corp. is recalling 531 cases of The Farmers Market Butter & Garlic crouton product because the croutons could contain undeclared milk allergens.

April 21st, 2009 Chinese dairy launches new milk powder productsBEIJING — The Chinese dairy that bought the company at the heart of a tainted milk scandal that sickened hundreds of thousands of children has launched a new line of milk powder products, state media reported Tuesday. The new products are manufactured by Hebei Sanyuan Foods Co.

April 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Chinese farmer has much to complaint after her cow started to feed on its own milk, leaving her empty-handed. Owner Guli Nisha, from Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, said the animal had found a unique way of being self-sufficient by turning its head around and drinking its own milk, reports the China Daily.

February 26th, 2009 ANAND - The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, better known for its brand name Amul, is looking at a turnover of Rs.65 billion this fiscal, a top official said here. 'The federation is looking at a turnover of Rs.6,500 crore (Rs.65 billion) for the fiscal riding on more milk production from more number of farmers,' said S.S.

February 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hollywood actor Sean Penn, who plays Harvey Milk, a gay activist in Oscar nominated biopic 'Milk', got mobbed by gay leaders during the shoot of the film in San Francisco. Inspired by Penn's acting skills, the same-sex leaders had a luncheon with the actor on the sets.

February 6th, 2009 PANAJI - India needs to actively pursue a National Milk Vision 2020 in an integrated manner if it is to hold its position as a global milk production giant, former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said here Saturday.

January 12th, 2009 ANAND - Milk farmers from Jammu and Kashmir, who were on a visit to the state of 'white revolution', feel inspired by their Gujarati counterparts for their success in creating Amul as one of Asia's largest milk brand. At least 50 milk producers of Jammu and Kashmir Milk Producers' Co-operative Ltd (JKMPCL) came on a five-day Amul Yatra in the first week of January to study a model of milk production.