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... major dairy processors and supermarkets in the uk have been fined almost £50m for retail price-fixing that took place almost ten years ago, according to the office of fair trading (oft) ... 51m on four supermarkets and five dairy processors in the uk ... the oft said arla, asda, dairy crest, mclelland, safeway, sainsbury's, tesco, the cheese company and wiseman had infringed the competition act 1998 by co-ordinating increases in the prices consumers paid for certain dairy products in 2002 and/or 2003 ... this co-ordination was achieved by supermarkets indirectly exchanging retail pricing intentions with each other via the dairy processors - called abc information exchanges ... the first, in 2002, involved asda, dairy crest, lactalis mclelland (prior to the group lactalis takeover), safeway (before it was bought by morrisons), sainsbury's, tesco and the cheese company ... a third liquid milk offence involved arla, asda, dairy crest, safeway, sainsbury's and wiseman ... asda, dairy crest, mclelland, safeway, sainsbury's, the cheese company and wiseman received reductions in their fines because they agreed to early resolution, said the oft ... “it's important to stress that robert wiseman dairies didn't benefit from this initiative by a single penny, with extra revenue passed straight to dairy farmers who supplied us,” he added

... the office of fair trading (oft) today fined dairy processors and retailers almost £50m for retail price-fixing in the early noughties ... after a lengthy investigation, the office found that arla, asda, dairy crest, safeway, mclelland, sainsbury’s and tesco infringed the competition act 1998 ... the infringement related to co-ordinated price increases on specific dairy products between 2002 and 2003 ... easy as abc… this objective was achieved, the oft said, by supermarkets indirectly exchanging retail pricing intentions via the major dairy processors, in a so-called ‘abc’ information exchange ... asda, dairy crest, lactalis mclelland before the groupe lactalis takeover, safeway prior to its acquisition by morrisons, sainsbury’s, tesco and the cheese company were all involved ... a liquid milk infringement also saw arla, asda, dairy crest, safeway and robert wiseman dairies involved ... however, one dairy industry source suggested to foodmanufacture ... uk that the fines were unfair: “the irony here is that the retailers and processors were trying to pass on [the proceeds of] higher milk prices to farmers

... dairy processing co-ops in ireland invest less in new product development than their counterparts in other countries, according to a kpmg study ... looking at ways local dairy co-ops can improve their competitiveness, kpmg found that spending on r&d was an area of weakness ... jens bleiel, ceo of food for health ireland (fhi), which brings together irish dairy processors with government and academia to mine milk for new ingredients, agreed with the report findings ... com: “i think the report is a fair reflection on the irish dairy industry ... ” as the irish dairy industry prepares to work towards government targets to double national milk output by 2020, bleiel said investment in the software of science and innovation will be needed alongside the hardware of milk production ... ” seasonality barrier looking beyond r&d, other aspects of the kpmg study of the irish dairy industry were more complimentary ... but concerns were expressed about the seasonality of the largely grass-based irish dairy industry ... processors struggle to match the return per litre of international competitors as milk supply at peak season is channeled into long life commodity products

... national foods cited difficult conditions for juice and dairy processors and farmers, as well as discounting on private label and control brands by major retailers, which it says threatens to further dilute the profit pool available to players in the supply chain ... nf is experiencing significant margin pressures in both dairy and juice,” said a release from the company ... ” despite the bleak outlook, national foods said the company is making “good progress” in integrating the former dairy farmers business, and cited dare iced coffee and south cape cheeses as good performers

... under the current regime, fee for official inspections apply at slaughterhouses, meat cutting sites and fish processing plants - but not at registered food and feed establishments, nor dairy processors or fish cutting facilities

... under the current regime, fee for official inspections apply at slaughterhouses, meat cutting sites and fish processing plants - but not at registered food and feed establishments, nor dairy processors or fish cutting facilities

... the guidelines apply to meat, processed meat and dairy products ... in other composite products like pies and casseroles, where a voluntary origin declaration is made, the guidelines state that processors need to “label the country or origin of the meat ingredient if the meat is considered of primary interest to the consumer or a predominant component of the product” ... dairy processors need to label all liquid milk, excluding evaporated or condensed milk, and fresh cream with the country of origin of the milk

... peter duggan, strategic information services, bord bia, told flexnews: “against a background of companies becoming increasingly conscious of the overall environmental performance of their products, a number of uk dairy processors have announced programmes to enhance the performance of their processing facilities ... dairy crest and dewlay cheese have both announced emissions targets that seek to reduce their emissions while also improving their production costs ... ” mr duggan went on to say that in a bid to reduce carbon emissions by 28% by 2020, dairy crest hope to have a biomass centre operating next april in its davidstow creamery in cornwall ... dairy crest believes that the adoption of this fuel supply will reduce 84% of the site’s overall carbon emissions, as opposed to fuel oil currently being used

... rising costs jens bleiel, chief executive of food for health ireland (fhi) – a new partnership between irish dairy processors and public research organisations – said that given the high cost of intervention studies, in the future companies would increasingly have to work together to fund research, instead competing through the applications and marketing of their products

... new guidelines will ensure that uk dairy processing companies benefit from a common approach to calculating carbon footprints across the whole supply chain ... the guidelines have been developed by trade associations dairy uk and dairyco, the carbon trust and major dairy processors, and apply the methodology of wider industry policy document pas 2050 ... policy briefing paper dairy uk has also published a policy briefing paper stating how it believes the competitiveness of the uk dairy industry can be improved ahead of reforms to the common agricultural policy (cap), with european commission (ec) reform proposals due later this year, ahead of post-2013 budget decisions ... common food policy dairy uk also believes that dairy industry stakeholders should receive assistance to help them cope with price volatility, and that the cap should not become an “eu common food policy” ... the last issue was crucial, dairy uk policy director peter dawson told foodmanufacture ... “regarding the uk dairy industry, eu regulations on labelling in particular could prove a nightmare for our members