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T he European Dairy Association, ASSIFONTE and LRF Dairy Sweden, invite you to join the

EDA/ASSIFONTE Annual Convention 2017, held in Stockholm (Sweden), under the

headline ‘European Dairy: Local Roots & Global Business’. The European Dairy

Platform, flagship event of the Annual Convention, will be the opportunity to dive into a high-

level discussion on our dairy industry, on Friday 29 September. We are grateful that EU

Commissioner for Trade, Ms. Cecilia Malmström, accepted our invitation to give a keynote

speech and discuss with European dairy leaders on the future opportunities for European dairy

at world level.

Convention 2017

28−30 September

Stockholm, Sweden

➤ REGISTER HERE

EDA Annual

➤ FULL PROGRAMME

7 September 2017

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BREXIT: EDA — DairyUK

joint internal workshop

Yesterday, EDA organised its first internal

workshop on Brexit to discuss the joint EDA-

DairyUK position on the “Future of EU-UK

Dairy Framework”. Members agree that the

UK dairy sector is an interlinked part of our EU

dairy chain. It is vital for the dairy sector and all

involved to allow it to continue to work on a

free-access market basis for both the UK and

EU milk and dairy products. The discussions will

continue during the internal meetings at the

EDA Annual Convention in Stockholm and

during a second workshop which will be

organised in the coming months.

COMAGRI discuss the negotiating

mandate for EU-New Zealand and

EU-Australia FTAs

At their first meeting after the summer holiday, the

COMAGRI discussed their draft opinions on

negotiating mandate for EU-New Zealand and EU-

Australia FTAs, respectively written by Jim Nicholson

(UK, ECR) and Eric Andrieu (FR, S&D). The main

message from these opinions is that the

Commission should “secure a level playing field,

treating as sensitive those products for which direct

competition would expose EU agricultural producers

to excessive or unsustainable pressure, for instance

by introducing transitional periods or appropriate

quotas, or by not making any commitments in the

most sensitive sectors.”

EDA shared with the MEPs, prior to the meeting, the

updated EDA Dairy Trade Focus on New Zealand

stating the EU dairy industry is seeking for a level-

playing field with our main competitors and

requests that the EU institutions focus on trade

negotiations with countries that have a real market

(access) potential, like China and other markets in

South-East Asia. MEPs from the COMAGRI had until

Friday 1st September to submit their amendments

on the draft opinion. ➤ See our Dairy Trade Focus

on New Zealand

Functioning of the Supply Chain:

DG AGRI’s consultation

Following the recommendations of the

Agriculture Markets TF (report of November

2016), DG AGRI have been focusing on the

functioning of the supply chain. Over the summer,

it has published its draft “inception impact

assessment” open for comments over 4 weeks.

EDA took the opportunity to share its views on

market transparency, unfair-trading practices and

producers cooperation. ➤ EDA’s submission can

be found here.

Furthermore, DG AGRI has now launched on open

consultation on “improving the food supply

chain” where EDA will expand its opinion and

arguments already shared in the inception impact

assessment. ➤ DG AGRI’s consultation is open

until 17th November.

ENVI Committee supported new rules

on slimming foods (total diet

replacement)

Total diet replacements for weight control (TDR)

products are used as slimming foods for overweight

or obese adults who wish to lose weight and

replace the whole diet in the context of energy-

restricted diets. Early June, the European

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Commission presented, for European Parliament’s

scrutiny, a delegated Regulation on TDR suggesting

a higher recommended minimum protein content

of 75 g/day. Following a Motion for Resolution

tabled by MEPs Julie Girling (UK, ECR) and Annie

Schriejer-Pierik (NL, EPP), the ENVI Committee held

a debate and a vote on whether to object the new

proposed rules on TDR.

Ahead of the ENVI vote, Ms Sabine Jülicher

(Director for food and feed safety, innovation at

DG SANTE) explained that the new nutritional

composition requirements for TDR reflect the latest

scientific evidence as advised by EFSA. She stated

that in order to address some technological

concerns of the TDR manufacturers, the

Commission has consulted the Joint Research

Centre (JRC), advising that it is technologically

feasible within a certain timeframe to fulfil criteria

advised by EFSA. The Commission Regulation gives

5 years of transition period for the industry to adapt

its TDR products to the new proposed rules. The

JRC also indicated that the use of some

technological changes (such as the use of different

protein sources, like dairy proteins) can address the

TDR manufacturers concerns. Ms Julicher also

mentioned that the additional costs, estimated as

moderate, are not linked to the cost of protein but

to the cost of manufacturing, marketing and

distribution.

The ENVI Committee rejected the Motion for

Resolution giving a clear support to the new rules

on TDR. The new Regulation (EU) 2017/1522 has

been published yesterday in the Official Journal of

the EU. EDA and EWPA have been supportive of

the new TDR rules and welcome the outcome of

the ENVI vote.

Major study shows that low fat diets

are bad for health

The latest study of 135,000 adults

in 18 countries across 5 continents,

published by The Lancet, showed

that people eating low-fat diets

have far shorter lives than those

enjoying varied diets with saturated

fats present in foods like butter, cheese or meat.

The study pointed out that dietary guidelines have

focused for decades on reducing total fat to below

30% of daily caloric intake and saturated fat to

below 10% of caloric intake. This is based on the

idea that reducing saturated fat should reduce the

risk of cardiovascular disease, not taking into

account how saturated fat is replaced in the diet.

The research, presented at the European Society of

Cardiology Congress in Barcelona at the end of

August, highlighted that low intake of saturated fat

raised chances of early death by 13%, while

consuming higher levels of all fats cuts early death

rates by up to 23%. The study concluded that high

carbohydrate intake was associated with higher risk

of total mortality, whereas total fat and individual

types of fat were related to lower total mortality.

Getting the balance of fats and carbohydrates right

was about achieving a “sweet spot” which was best

for health - meaning around 35% of calories should

come from fats, according to the latest science.

➤ Dehghan M., Mente A., Zhang X., et al.,

Associations of fats and carbohydrate intake

with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 18

countries from five continents (PURE): a

prospective cohort study. The Lancet, 29 August

2017, DOI

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EDA_Dairy‏ @EDA_Dairy Sep 5

Check out our latest #Dairy #Nutrition

Factsheets ➤ http://eda.euromilk.org/

fact-sheets/nutrition.html #health,

high-quality #protein, Q&A on #lactose

intolerence...

Your favourite Dairy Product?

"My favourite dairy products is a

vintage cheddar like Dubliner or

Wexford on some soda bread.

One of life's simple

pleasures!

Conor Mulvihill

Director, Dairy

Industry Ireland

The Irish Dairy Industries Association

(IDIA) will be changing its identity and

branding to Dairy Industry Ireland.

Dairy Highlights ahead. . .

September

● Sun 17 - Wed 20: ‘Whey: Better Than Ever!’

International Whey Conference 2017│ Chicago

(USA) ➤ link

● Fri 22: Conference - ‘Launch of the European

Day of Sustainable Communities’ │ Brussels

(Belgium) ➤ link

● Fri 22 - Mon 25: European Commission to take

part in AGRO SHOW agricultural fair │ Bednary

(Poland) ➤ link

● Thu 28 - Sat 30: EDA Annual

Convention 2017│ Stockholm

(Sweden) ➤ link

October

● Sat 7 - Wed 11: Anuga 2017 Food fair │ Köln

(Germany) ➤ link

● Mon 9 - Tue 10: Agriculture and Fisheries

Council │ Luxembourg ➤ link

● Tue 10: 3rd annual EU conference on EAFRD

financial instruments for agriculture and rural

development in 2014-2020 │ Paris (France) ➤ link

● Wed 11 - Thu 12: Agri Innovation summit │

Lisbon (Portugal) ➤ link

● Thu 26 - Fri 27: Dairy International Summit │

Amsterdam (Netherlands)

● Sun 29 - Tue 3 Nov.: IDF World Dairy Summit │

Belfast (Northern Ireland) ➤ link