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IDF Newsbrief

Published approximately every six weeks. The Newsbrief contains news related to IDF events, meetings, Standing Committees, National Committees, membership, Codex, communications and IDF publications. Please see below for latest issues.

Leaders Brief No17 - Published 14th March 2013 (pdf 2.6MB)

Contents:

•  THe IDF Guide to Prudent Use of Antimicrobial Agents in Dairy Production
•  Expert views on how a new method of Protein Quality Evaluation in Human Nutrition could impact the dairy sector
•  IDF's "Benefits of Dairying " project

Issue 92 - Published 11th March 2013 (pdf 1.15MB)

Contents:

•  UK-IDF Open Day 2013 – please join us at the Cattle Information Service in Telford on April 18th to find out more about the

                   work of the IDF.  Full details are available from the UK-IDF homepage

•  The IDF Guide to Prudent Use of Antimicrobial Agents in Dairy Production.  This publication is free of charge and can be

                   downloaded here

•  IDF Science and Programme Coordination Committee (SPCC) Teleconference Report
•  IDF/FAO School Milk Survey
•  IDF welcomes new FAO Protein Quality Measurement
•  New Factsheet:  The Economic Importance of Dairying
•  FAO Partnership on Environmental Benchmarking of Livestock Supply Chains
•  34th Session of the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling (held in Budapest from 5-9 March)
•  TeamViewer: A new tool for hosting enhanced teleconferences
•  IDF/ISO Analytical Week 2013 (to be held from 3-7 June in Rotterdam).  You can visit the event website here
•  IDF World Dairy Summit 2013 ( to be held in Yokohama from 28 October – 1 November.  Registration is now open –   

                   reduced rates are on offer before 30th April.  You can visit the event website here

• IDF Bulletin 461/2013 – Collaborative Studies on Methods to Determine Enzyme Activity in Cheese Making.  Electronic copies

                 of this publication can be ordered by phone on 020 7467 2621 or by sending an email to iwakeling@dairyuk.org

Issue 91 - Published 21st January 2013 (pdf 1.5MB)

Contents:

•  New IDF staff member Rebecca French
•  34th Codex Committee on Nutition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses
•  IDF Reference Paper on Sustanable Dairy Nutrients are Essential to Human Health
•  Dairy's Contribution to Nutrition at IUNS Satellite Symposium
•  Two new nutrition factsheets on the Benefits of Dairying
•  IDF/FAO collaboration
•  IDF Inventory of Microbial Species with a Technological Benefit Role in Fermented Food Products
•  Two new factsheets - Listeria  Monocytogenes and Lactoperoxidase System
•  IDF Analytical Week 2013 - The Netherlands June 2013
•  Translations of the IDF /FAO Guide to Good Dairy Farming Practice
•  IDF Bulletin 459/2012 - Study on the Kjeldahl Reference Method for Nitrogen Determination of Dried Dairy Products
•  IDF Bulletin 460/2012 - Proceedngs of the 3rd PAra TB Forum, Sydney 2012

Issue 90 - Published 20th December 2012 (pdf 1.7MB)

Contents:

•  IDF Board Meeting in Cape Town
•  IDF General Assembly 2012
•  Meeting of the IDF Science and Programme Coordination Committee
•  Meeting of the IDF Task Force on Animal Feeding
•  Meeting of the IDF Standing Committee on Animal Health and Welfare
•  Meeting of the IDF Standing Committee on Dairy Policies and Economics
•  Meeting of the IDF Standing Committee on Dairy Science and Technology
•  Meeting of the IDF Standing Committee on Environment
•  Meeting of the IDF Standing Committee on Food Additives
•  Meeting of the IDF Standing Committee on Food Labelling and Terminology
•  Meeting of the IDF Standing Committee on Microbiolgical Hygiene
•  Meeting of the IDF Standing Committee on Nutrition and Health
•  Meeting of the IDF Standing Committee on Residues and Chemical Contaminants
•  Meeting of the IDF Standing Committee on Standards of Identity

Leaders Brief No16 - Published 3rd December 2012 (pdf 1MB)

Contents:

•  New Protein Quality Assessment discussed

•  New IDF President Jeremy Hill discusses the challenges ahead and the need for enhanced cooperation between global

                   organisations

•  Water Footprint of Dairy Production Systems and Products: A Standard Methodology for Water Assessment
• The World Dairy Situation Report 2012
• Japan to host the IDF World Dairy Summit 2013.

Issue 89 - Published 28th September 2012 (pdf 1.3MB)

Contents:

•  Highlights of the IDF Board Meeting in June
•  Work of the Standing Committee on Dairy Science and Technology
•  New factsheet on the Use fo Dairy Terms for Labelling and Promotional Information
•  IDF World Dairy Summit 2012
•  IDF Bulletin 455/2012  - Safety Demonstration of Microbial Food Cultures (MFC) in Fermented Food Products

Issue 88 - Published 4th August 2012 (pdf 1.0MB)

Contents:

•  New partnership with FAO
•  SPCC meeting 26 May
•  Work of the IDF Standing Committee on Environment
•  Work of the IDF Standing Committee on Animal Health
•  IDF supports newISO/AOAC agreement for joint development and approval of common standards
•  IDF Bulletin 454/2012 - Air Emissions from Dairy Processing and Energy Plants

Issue 87 - Published 30th June 2012 (pdf 1.5MB)

Contents:

•  IDF Cheese Ripening and Technology Symposium
•  IDF/ISO Analytical Week
•  5th IDF/INRA Symposium on Spray Dried Dairy Products

Issue 86 - Published 15th June 2012 (pdf 1.4MB)

Contents:

•  Message from the Director General
•  Work of the Standing Committee on Dairy Policies and Economics
•  Work of the Standing Committee on Nutrition and Health

•  Work of the Standing Committee on Dairy Science and Technology
•  Codex Committee on Food Labelling
•  International Farm Comparison Network Dairy Conference
•  IDF Special Issue on the IDF International Symposum on Sheep, Goat and other non-Cow milk
•  Joint IDF/ISO Standards
•  IDF events 2012

Leaders Brief No14 - Published 28th May 2012 (pdf 4MB)

Contents:

•  Nutrition and Health Aspects of Lactose and its Derivatives: State of the Science – Special Issue of the International Dairy

                  Journal

•  New IDF Director General Nico van Belzen gives his views on the future of the dairy industry and the crucial role of the IDF
•  New Developments at the IDF/ISO Analytical Week, 4-8 June, Tel Aviv, Israel
•  IDF World Dairy Summit 2012, 4-8 November, Cape Town, South Africa – Real Benefit from Global Exposure at IDF Events.

Issue 85 - Published 27th April 2012 (pdf 0.5MB)

Contents:

•  IDF Regional Conference on Domestic Milk Supply and Demand Systems
•  Codex Committeeon Methods of Analysis and Sampling
•  Codex General Standard for Food Additives
•  Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food
•  Codex Committee on General Principles
•  FAO Multi-stakeholder Workshop on Improving Efficiency of Livestock Production
•  Relations with IDF Members
•  IDF events

Issue 84 - Published 15th March 2012 (pdf 0.2MB)

Contents:

•  New members of IDF Head Office Staff
•  Highlights of the IDF Board Meeting in January 2012
•  Highlights of the SPCC teleconference on 19 January 2012
•  IDF Technical Workshop on Water Footprint in the Dairy Sector
•  Collaboration with the Codex Task Force on Animal Feeding
•   IDF Bulletin 453/2012 Guidance for the Evaluation of Precision Characteristics of Physicochemical Quantitative Analytical 

                   Methods for Milk and Milk Products

•  Nutrition and Health Aspects of Lactose and its Derivatives

Leaders Brief No13 - Published 17th January 2012 (pdf 3.13MB)

Contents:

•  Food Fermentations: Microorganisms with Technological Beneficial Use
•  Interview with Bernard Faye, FAO Consultant
•  Codex Committee on Food Hygiene
•  IDF ISO Food Safety af Farming Level
•  IDF World Dairy Summit 2012: South Africa
•  Water Footprint in the Dairy Sector

Issue 83 - Published 27th December 2011 (pdf 3.13mb)

Contents:

•  Farewell to Sandra Tuijtelaars and Oscar Chavez
•  Inter-Ice 2011 - 6-8 December, Cologne
•  Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU)
•  Codex Committee on Food Hygiene
•  IDF's contributon to new ISO technical specification on prerequisite programmes on food safety at farming level
•  The Second Global Multi-Stakeholders consultation on a Global Agenda of Action in Support of Sustainable Livestock

                   Sector Development

•  Raw milk connect blog
•  IDF Dairy Laboratories Database
•  Phil Fawcett named first honorary member of IDF New Zealand
•  Forthcoming event: 2012 IDF/ISO Analytical Week - 4-8 June, Tel Aviv, Israel
•  Forhcoming event: 1st Asia Dairy Goat Conference - 9-12 April, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Issue 82 - Published 18th November 2011 (pdf 2.39MB)

Contents:

•  Standing Committee on Food Additives
•  Standing Committee on Standards of Identity
•  Standing Committee on Microbiological Hygiene
•  Standing Committee on Dairy Science and Technology
•  Standing Committee on Dairy Policies and Economics
•  Standing Committee on Marketing
•  Standing Committee on Residues and Chemical Contaminants
•  Standing Committee on Food Labelling and Terminology
•  Standing Committee on Animal Health
•  Standing Committee on Nutrition and Health
•  Standing Committee on Farm Management
•  Standing Committee on Environment

Issue 81 - Published 16th September 2011 (pdf 1.79MB)

Contents:

•  Workshop on quality of milk held in Brazil in July
•  IDF Programme of Work published
•  Completion of IDF/FAO Guide to Good Dairy Farming Practice (to be presented in Parma)

•  Update of IDF/FAO/IFCN World Mapping of Animal Feeding Systems in the Dairy Sector
•  Preparation of factsheets for the Benefits of Dairying project
•  Proposed partnership with FAO on benchmarking and monitoring the environmental performance of livestock supply chains
•  32nd Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission held in Geneva from 4-9 July

•  Progress in developing the Global Dairy Agenda for Action
•  Meeting of the Global Dairy Platform Communications and Scientific Advisory Board held in Amersfoot
•  IDF joins the social media revolution

•  Forthcoming event:  SWIFT meeting on October 16 at IDF World Dairy Summit 2011

•  Forthcoming event:  International Ice Cream Symposium (in partnership with IDF) to be held from 6-8 December in

                  Cologne

Issue 80 - Published 11th July 2011 (pdf 1.18MB)

Contents:

•  IDF progress in 2011
•  IDF/ISO Analytical Week - Lyon, France 23-27 May
•  Meeting of the IDF Science and Programme Coordination Committee held in Athens on May 18

•  Meeting of the IDF Standing Committee on Dairy Policies and Economics held in Montreal on 28 April
•  Meeting of the IDF Standing Committee on Animal Health held in Athens on May 17
•  Method Standards Steering Group and progress of Standing Committees within Methods of Analysis and Sampling

                   work area:

                       Analytical Methods for Additives and Contaminants

                       Analytical Methods for Composition

                       Analytical Methods for Dairy Microorganisms

                       Analytical Methods for Processing Aids and Indicators

                       Harmonisation of Microbiological Methods

                       Statistics and Automation

•  Standing Committee on Analytical Methods for Composition completes validation project for Kjeldahl method
•  Meeting of the Standing Committee on Nutrition and Health held in Vevey on May 27
•  Highlights of the 79th General Session of the OIE held in Paris from 22-28 May
•  African Dairy Conference and Exhibition
•  Chilelacteo Congress 2011

•  Forthcoming event:   Global Dairy Roundtable on Supply Chain Issues on October 16 at IDF World Dairy Summit 2011

•  New publication:  IDF Bulletin 449/2011– Integrated Supply Chain Management

Leaders Brief No11 - Published 4thJuly 2011 (pdf 2.62MB)

Contents:

•  New Guidelines on the Integrity of Suppliers' Milk launched by the International Dairy Federation
•  Expert view from former IDF President Jim Begg on the upcoming World Dairy Summit in Parma and the need for

                  enhanced cooperation between global organisations

•  Dairy Nutrition events at the IDF World Dairy Summit
•  Report on IDF/ISO Analytical Week, held in Lyon from 23-27 May
•  “Working Together Towards a Sustainable Dairy Supply Chain” session as part of the Global Dairy Roundtable on

                   Supply Chain Issues to be held on October 16 th at the World Dairy Summit

•  Details about the World Dairy Leaders' Forum which is to be held on 16 th October at the World Dairy Summit

Issue 79 - Published 6th June 2011 (pdf 0.674MB)

Contents:

•  Caroline Leroux joins IDF as Communications Specialist
•  IDF explores opportunities for non-cow milk production

•  Dairy Science and Dairy Technology - update on progress:

                       IDF International Symposium on Sheep and Goats Milk - IDF Dairy Science and Technology Week  - Athens - 16-18 May

                      Joint SCNH/SCDST project on carbohydrates including a specific focus on lactose

                       Salt in the manfacturing process of cheese

                       Future Dairy Science and Technology events

                       Criteria for IDF Dairy Science and Technology Forum

• Meeting of the IDF Standing Committee on Environment held in Brussels on 19 May
• Communications update:

                        Communications Advisory Group

                        Webinars

• Global Dairy Agenda for Action on Climate Change and sustainability - update
• 39th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling - Quebec City - 9-13 May
• Outcome o f the International Symposium on Dietary Protein for Human Health and FAO Expert Consultation on

                   Dietary Protein Quality

•  Forthcoming event:   The Sustainablew Food Security challenge at the core of the IDF World Dairy Summit 2011

•  New publication:  IDF Bulletin 448/2011– Suggested Interpretation of Mastitis Terminology (revision of Bulletin

                 338/1999

Issue 78 - Published 5th April 2011 (pdf 1.55MB)

Contents:

•  IDF World Dairy Summit 2011 Parma Summilk to feature innovative approaches
•  Science and Programme Coordination Committee update:

                          Guidelines for drafting fact sheets

                          Benefits of Dairying (New Work Item)

                          IDF Template for New Work Items

                          Role of IDF in issue/crisis management

                          Financing of collaborative validation studies for IDF/ISO analytical standard methods

                          Programme for IDF SWIFT at World Dairy Summit 2011

•  Task Force on Update of Inventory of Microorganisms with a Documented History of Use in Foods
•  The International Symposium on Dietary Protein for Human Health and FAO Expert Consultation on Dietary Protein

              Quality

•  Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling - Budapest - 7-11 March
•  Codex Committee on Food Additives - Xiamen - 14-18 March

•  Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food - The Hague - 21-23 March
•   The Global Dairy Agenda for Action on Climate Change update
•   IDF Sponsorship campaign
•   IDF Dairy Innovation Awards 2011

•  Forthcoming event:   IDF International Symposium on Sheep, Goat and other non-Cow milk / IDF Dairy Science

              and Technology Week 2011- Athens - 16-18 May

•  Forthcoming event:   IDF Analytical Week – Lyon – 22-27 May
•  New publication:   IDF Bulletin 447/2010 – New applications of mid-infra red spectrometry for the analysis of milk

              and milk products

•  New publication:   ISO Standard 6887-5:2010 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - preparation of test

              samples, initial suspension and decimal dilitutions for microbiological examination - part 5: specific rules for the

              preparation of milk and milk products

Leaders Brief No10 - Published 11th March 20110 (pdf 1.92MB)

Contents:

• FAO/WHO report on fats
• Interview with Thierry Philardeau, Head of Dairy Strategic Business Unit for Nestle
• Sustainability and food security - the IDF World Dairy Summit 2011
• International Symposium on Dietary Protein in Human Nutrition - Auckland 27/30 March
• Strategic Partnership opportunities

Issue 77 - Published 15th February 2011 (pdf 0.87MB)

Contents:

•  Appointment of Stanislav Jaš as Environment & Sustainability Officer
•  Update on the Standing Committee on Dairy Science and Technology

•  Update on the Standing Committee on Environment
•  Update on the Standing Committee on Farm Management

•  Update on the Task Force on Animal Feeding

•  Update on the Standing Committee on Food Additives

•  Update on the Standing Committee on Food Labelling and Terminology

•  Update on the Standing Committee on Standards of Identity

•  Update on the Standing Committee on Microbiological Hygiene

•  Update on the Standing Committee on Residues and Chemical Contaminants

•  Inventory of Microorganisms with a documented history of use in foods

•  Update on the Standing Committee on Nutrition and Health

•  Report on the meeting of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses – Santiago – November

                   2010

•  Report on the 42 nd Session of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene – Uganda – November/December 2010

•  International School Milk Conference – Vietnam – November 2010

•  Forthcoming event:   IDF Analytical Week 2011 – Lyon – 22-27 May 2011
•  Forthcoming event:   IDF World Dairy Summit 2011 – Parma – 15-19 October 2011

•  New publication:   IDF Bulletin 445/2010 – A Common Carbon Footprint Approach for Dairy – The IDF guide to standard

                 lifecycle assessment methodology for the dairy sector

•  New publication:   IDF Bulletin 446/2010 – The World Dairy Situation 2010

•  New publication:   Joint IDF/ISO Standard IDF 230:2010 – Milk, milk products and infant formulae – Guidelines for the

                   quantitative determination of melamine and cyanuric acid by LC-MS/MS

Issue 76 - Published 27th September2010 (pdf 1.35MB)

Contents:

• Appointment of Catherine Shiels as IDF Communications Manager
• IDF Business meetings planned during the World Dairy Summit in Auckland
• Thirty-third Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission - Geneva - 4-9 July
• IDF Dairy Nutrition website refreshed
• IDF New Work Items
•    Milk and milk products - method for automated sampling of liquid milk and milk products
•    Benzoic and sorbic acid determination
•    Determination of acetone and b-hydroxbutyric acid in raw milk by continuous flow analysis
•    Collection of data on alkaline phosphatase in cheese
•    Determination of Labelled Fatty Acids in milk products
•    Electronic Reflection WG on "Plasticity of  a given probiotic strain in different food forms"
• IDF World Dairy Summit - Auckland - 4-11 November
• 7th International Symposium: Milk Genomics and Human Health - 20-22 October - California

Issue 75 - Published 19th July 2010 (pdf 1.25MB)

Contents:

•  Refreshed IDF Dairy Nutrition website
• IDF Dairy Science and Technology Week  - Tromso - 6-11 June
• Meeting of the Dairy Science and Technology SC - Tromso - 6 June
• Update of the IDF/EFFCA Inventory of Microorganisms with a Documented History of Use in Food
• OIE General Assembly - Paris 23-28 May
• FEFAC Congress  - Hamburg - 9-11 June
• Proposed New Work Items
•    Salt in the manfacturing process of cheese
•    World mapping of animal feeding
•    Inventory of methods of analysis for the evaluation of the changes in milk composition with regard to animal feeding changes
• IDF Events
• New IDF Bulletin - 443/2010 - Environmental issues at dairy farm level
• New IDF Bulletin - 444/2010 - Feed-associated Mycotoxins in the Dairy Chain: Occurence and Control
• Joint IDF/ISO Standard - Milk - Determination of fat content - Gravimetric method (reference method)
• Joint IDF/ISO Standard - Cheese and processed cheese products - Determination of total phosphorous content - molecular absorption spectrometric method
• Joint IDF/ISO Standard - Milk - determination of calcium content - Titrimetric method
• Joint IDF/ISO Standard -Dried milk  - Determination of titratable activity (Reference method)
• Joint IDF/ISO Standard - Milk and milk products - Determination of iron content - Speectrometric method (reference method)
• Joint IDF/ISO Standard - Casein and caseinates - Determination of pH (reference method)
• Joint IDF/ISO Standard - Milk and milk products - Determination of zinc content - Flame atomic absorption spectrometric method
• Joint IDF/ISO Standard - Milk - Determination of lactose content - Enzymatic method using difference in pH
• Joint IDF/ISO Standard - Milk and milk products - Determination of the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of antibiotics applicable to bifidobacteria and non-enterococcal lactic acid bacteria

Issue 74 - Published 14th June 2010 (pdf 1.078KB)

Contents:

•  FAO report entitled Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Dairy Sector: A Life Cycle Assessment
•  ISO Analytical Week 17-21 May  - Montreal
•  Current work of the Dairy Policies and Economice Standing Committee
•  Update on the work of the Science and Programme Coordination Committee
•  Update on key work items
•  Nutrition and heatlh update
•  Codex Committee on General Primciples meeting - Paris - 12-16 April
•  Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food meeting - Izmir - 26-30 April
•  Codex Committee on Food Labelling meeting - Quebec - 3-7 May
•  Annual meeting of the US National Committee
•  Forthcoming event - IDF World Dairy Summit 2010 - Auckland - 4-11 November
•  Forthcoming event - IDF International Symposium on Sheep and Goats Milk - Athens -16-18 May 2011
•  Forthcoming event - IDF World Dairy Summit 2011 - Parma - 15-19 October
•  New IDF Bulletin - 442/2010 - Current situation & compilation of commercially available screening methods for the detection of inhibitors / antibiotic residues in milk

Leaders Brief No 8 - Published 12th May 2010 (pdf)

Contents:

• FAO report on “Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Dairy Sector”
• Interview with Andrew Ferrier, Fonterra CEO
• Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling (CCMAS) - proposed draft revised Codex guidelines on measurement uncertainty
• IDF activities in the field of fermented milks and probiotics
• IDF World Dairy Summit 2010 – Focus on the Dairy Leader’s Forum and on the Dairy Policies and Economics conference
  

Issue 73 - Published 31st March 2010 (pdf 271KB)

Contents:

•  Report on 5th IDF Masitis Conference
•  New Roadmap on future IDF work in the field of animal feeding
•  Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling  - 8-12 March 2010
•  Codex Committee on Food Additives - 15-19 March 2010
•  New Supplement in the Journal of Nutrition entitled "Guidance for Assessing the Propbiotics Benficial Health: How to fill the
•                    GAP
•  IDF Dairy Innovation Awards
•  Forthcoming event  - IDF/ISO Analytical Week  - 17-21 May 2010
•  Forthcoming event - IDF World Dairy Summit 2010 - 4-11 November 2010
•  Forthcoming event - IDF Regioanl Conference on Domestic Milk Supply and Demand Systems: Lessons from Experience -
•                    26-29 April 2011
• New IDF/ISO Standards
  • - IDF 202: Milk and milk products - Determination of milk fat purity by gas chromotographic analysis of triglycerides
  • - IDF 149 - Fermented milk products - Bacterial starter cultures - Standard of Identity
  • - IDF 220 - Milk products - Enumeration of presumptive bifidobacteria - Colony count technique at 37 degress C

Issue 72 - Published 19th February 2010 (pdf 761KB)

Contents:

•  IDF Dairy Innovation Awards launched
•  Codex Committee on Milk and Milk Products (CCMMP)
•  Current work of the Science and Programme Coordination Committee
•  Meeting of the Food Labelling and Terminology Standing Committee - 13 January 2010
•  Meeting of the Methods Standards Steering Group (MSSG) - 26/27 January 2010
•  New Task Force to Update the Inventory of Mictoorganisms with a Documented Histroy of Use in Food
•  Launch of new template for online submissions for Dairy Sustainability website
•  IDF Dairy Laboratories database
•  IDF Award 2010
•  Forthcoming event - 5th International Mastitis Conference - 21-24 March 2010
•  Forthcoming event  - IDF/ISO Analytical Week - 17-21 May 2010
•  Forthcoming event - IDF World Dairy Summit 2010 - 8-11 November 2010

Leaders Brief No 7 - Published 18th December 2009 (pdf)

Contents:

•  A sustainable dairy industry in a protected environment
•  Luciano Negri (General Manager of Latteria Soresina) gives his expert views
•  Dairy Nutrition and Environmental Sustainability
•  Update on Paratuberculsis
•  New Codex Standard on Fermented Soybean Paste

Issue 71 - Published 18th December 2009 (pdf 1.156MB)

Contents:

•  IDF and FAO agree to expand partnership and collaboration inpriority areas
•  Current work of the Dairy Science and Technology Standing Committee
•  Current work of theMarketing Standing Committee
•  Current work of the Microbiological Hygiene Standing Committee
•  Current work of the Residues and Chemical Contaminants Standing Committee
•  Current work of theEnvironment Standing Committee
•  IDF Elie Metchnikoff Prize 2010
•  30th Session of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses, 2-6 November, Dusseldorf
•  Workshop on the European Federation for Animal Health and Sanitary Safety on Bovine Paratuberculosis
•  WHO Foodborne disease Stakeholder meeting, 29 October, Geneva
•  AOCS Saturated Fats and Health
•  IDF World Dairy Summit 2010, 4-11 november, Auckland
•  IDF Bulletin 440/2009 - Interlaboratory Collaborative Study on the Kjeldahl Reference Method for Nitrogen Determination in Sheep anf Goat Milk
• IDF Bulletin 441/2009 - Monitoring success of Paratuberculosis programmes

Issue 70 - Published 10th November 2009 (pdf 2.361MB)

• Contents:
•  New Board and Science and Programme Coordination Committee
•  Current work of the Farm Management Standing Committee
•  Current work of the Food Additives Standing Committee
•  Current work of the Standards of Identity Standing Committee
•  Current work of the Food Labelling and Terminology Standing Committee
•  Current work of the Nutrition and Heatlh Standing Committee
•  Current work of the Dairy Policies and Economics Standing Committee
•  IDF and IDF Korea
•  Future IDF events
•  IDF Bulletin 438/2009 - Interlaboratory Collaborative Studies on Reference Method for the Determination of the Fat Content
•                    in Cow Milk, Sheep Milk and goat Milk

Issue 69 - Published 18th September 2009 (pdf 1.052MB)

• Contents:
•  Co-operation with ESADA
•  Establishment of a new IDF expert group on animal feeding
•  Inventory of methods and procedure to monitor the integrity of supplier's milk
•  Guidelines for the determination of melamine and cyanuric acid in fluid milk and powdered milk products
•  New project on carbohydrates including a specific focus on lactose
•  New structure within Method of Analysis and Sampling work area
•  IDF Nutrition website
•  Codex Nutrition Labelling debate
•  IDF Dairy Laboratories database
•  IDF events
•          Conference on Mastitis - 21-24 March, Christchurch
•          Analytical Week 17-21 May 2010, Montreal
•          Symposium on Science and Technology of Fermented Milk, 07-09 June 2010, Tromsö, Norway
•          Symposium on Microstructure of Dairy Products, 09-11 June 2010, Tromsö, Norway
•          World Dairy Summit 2010 - 4-11 November, Auckland
•  IDF Bulletin 438/2009 - The World Dairy Situation 2009

Leaders Brief No 6 - Published 16th September 2009 (pdf 1.55MB)

• Contents:
•  International commitment for a sustainable dairy sector
•  Professor Jacob Stoeckl shares his opinion on the current crisis
•  Animal Health and Welfare at the core of IDF activities
•  IDF hails collaboration in the area of nutrition
• The World Dairy Situation 2009

Issue 68 - Published 15th July  2009 (pdf 1.949MB)

• Contents:
•  IDF forms alliances across livestock sectors to face common challenges
•  Promotion of IDF in Vietnam, Paraguay and Brazil
•  IDF France Open Day
•  IDF workshop entitled “Towards a Standard Methodology for Carbon Footprint in the Dairy Sector” held on 18/19 June
•  IDF Science and Programme Coordination Committee meeting of 29 May
•  Meeting of the IDF Nutrition and Health Standing Committee held on 25 May
•  IDF/ISO Analytical Week - 17-22 May – Russia
•  32nd Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission – 29 June-4 July
•  37th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling – 4-8 May
•  IDF teams up with FAO on new web portal – Gateway to Farm Animal Welfare
•  Standing Committee on Nutrition and Health strengthens external working relationships
•  IDF Open Forum on Present and Future Work at the World Dairy Summit
•  Call for papers for IDF Symposia on “Science and Technology of Fermented Milk” and “Microstructure of Dairy Products” – Norway – June 2010
•  New IDF Bulletin – 436/2009 – Environmental / Ecological Impact of the Dairy Sector
•  New IDF Bulletin – 437/2009 – Effects of Foot-and-Mouth Disease on the Dairy Industry
•  Summary report of the symposium entitled “ Scientific Update on Dairy Fats and Cardiovascular Disease”
•  Joint IDF-ISO Standard –ISO 23623/IDF 213/2009 - Milk Products – Determination of the acidification activity of dairy cultures by continuous pH measurement

Leaders Brief No 5 - Published 6th July 2009 (pdf 2.1MB)

• Contents:
•  IDFsteps up work on sustainability
•  Professor Riitta Korpela gives insight into future opportunities
•  Working together to prevent Foot and Mouth
•  IDF temas up with FAO on brand new web portal on animal welfare
•  IDF Dairy Laboratories database
•  lDF promotes dairy fats as vital component of a healthy and balanced diet

Issue 67 - Published 22nd May  2009 (pdf 1.488MB)

• Contents:
•  Trans fatty acids to be differentiated according to their source
•  Update on projects:
  •  Life Cycle Analysis / Life Cycle Management and Carbon Footprint in the Dairy Sector
  •  Active participation in FAO work / Enhanced collaboration with ISO
  • Meeting of the new JAT on Safety and Functionality of Dairy Microorganisms - 17 March
  • Meeting of the IDF Standing Committee on Animal Health - 25-26 March
  • 4th IDF Dairy Science and Technology Week - France 20-24 April
  • IDF Standing Committee on Dairy Science and Technology
  • New Work Item proposal:  Guidelines for the determination of melamine and cyanuric acid in fluid milk and powdered milk products
• Co-operation with National Committees
• Codex Committee on Food Additives - Shanghai 14-20 March
• 3rd Session of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods - Rotterdam 23-27 March
• ILSI Europe Annual Symposium: Science for Health - Assessing and Communicating Risks and Benefits - 26-27 March
• IDF Bulletin 433/2009 - A Revolution in Food Safety Management
• IDF Bulletin 434/2009 - Gas-Liquid Chromatographic Method for the Determination of Milk Fat Purity in Milk and Milk Products by Analysis of Triglycerides
• IDF Bulletin 435/2009 - Standardisation of a Chemiluminescent Method to Detect Alkaline Phosphatase in Liquid Dairy Products
• Standard ISO22935-1/IDF99-1:2009 - Milk and milk products  - Sensory Analysis - Part 1 General guidance for the recruitment, selection, training and monitoring of assessors
• Standard ISO22935-2/IDF99-2:2009 - Milk and milk products  - Sensory Analysis - Part 2 Recommended methods for sensory evaluation
• Standard ISO22935-3/IDF99-3:2009 - Milk and milk products  - Sensory Analysis - Part 1 Guidance on a method for evaluation of compliance with product specifications for sensory properties by scoring
• Standard ISO5764/IDF108:2009 - Milk - Determination of freezing point - Thermistor cryoscope method (reference method)

Issue 66 - Published 20th March  2009 (pdf 452 KB)

• Contents:
•  Summary report of the Symposium "Scientific update on Dairy Fats and Cardiovascular Disease" published online
•  IDF/DIAA Conference on Functional Dairy Foods - Melbourne 24-25 February
•  Update on projects:
  • Methodology for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from livestock sectors
  • Reference figure for greenhouse gas emissions from global milk producing livestock
  • IDF/FAO/UNEP Guide on Life Cycle Assessment / Life Cycle Management towards Sustainability in the Dairy Chain
  • IDF communication plan on environmental sustainability
  • Food Standards and Methods of Analysis and Sampling: new strategic plans
  • IDF Dairy Science and Technology Week - June 2010
  • Development of a standard method for testing for melamine and cyanuric acid
  • IDF Inventory of Methods and Procedures to Monitor the Integrity of Suppliers Milk
•  Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling - Hungary 9-13 March
•  Sandra Tuijtelaars in charge of the Food Labelling and Terminology work
•  IDF/ISO Analytical Week - Russia 17-22 May
•  IDF World Dairy Summit  - Berlin 20-24 September
•  Standard ISO23065/IDF211:2009 - Milk fat from enriched dairy products - Determination of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acid content by gas-liquid chromatography
•  Standard ISO3356/IDF63:2009 - Milk - Determination of alkaline phosphatase

Leaders Brief No 4 - Published 12th March 2009 (pdf 444KB)

• Contents:
•  Symposium highlights decade of research into health benefits of milk fat
•  Michael Stevns (Dutch Dairy Board) looks at the strategic role of IDF in today's global environment
•  IDF confirms food safety commitmenrt to deliver quality milk and dairy products
•  Priority projects in the area of nutrition and health
•  IDF confirms environmental commitment

Issue 65 - Published 30th January  2009 (pdf 464 KB)

• Contents:
•  Standing Committee on Food Additives meeting - Brussels 19 January
•  Standing Committee on Food Labelling and Terminology meeting - Brussels 19 January
•  Standing Committee on Standards of Identity
•  Standing Committee on Dairy Science and Technology
•  Future IDF events
•  Standing Committee on Marketing
•  Standing Committee on Dairy Policies and Economics
•  Codex Committee on Milk and Milk Products - Physical Working Group on Processed Cheese - Brussels 20-22 January
•  IDF Dairy Laboratories database
•  Proceedings of the "Scientific Update on Dairy Fats and Cardiovascular Disease" Symposium
•  New IDF-ISO Standards
  • Standard 050:2008 - Milk and milk products - Guidance on sampling
  • Standard 222:2008 - Cheese - Determination of fat content - Van Gulik method

Issue 64 - Published 18th December 2008 (pdf 528 KB)

• Contents :
•  Highlights of 2008
  • Richard Doyle becomes President
  • New composition of Board of Directors and Science and Programme Coordination Committee
  • Brazil, Lithuania and Egypt become members
  • IDF Marketing Award winners
•  Standing Committee on Food Additives meeting - Mexico City 8 November
•  Standing Committee on Food Labelling and Terminology meeting - Mexico City 8 November
•  Standing Committee on Farm Management meeting - Mexico City 9 November
•  Standing Committee on Microbiological Hygiene meeting - Mexico City 10 November
•  Standing Committee on Residues and Chemical Contaminants meeting - Mexico City 10 November
•  Standing Committee on Nutrition and Health meeting - Mexico City - 9/10 November
•  Standing Committee on Environment meeting - Mexico City 12 November
•  Thirtieth Session of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses - Cape Town 3-7 November
•  Future IDF events
  • Functional Dairy Foods - Melbourne 24/25 February 2009
  • World Dairy Summit 2009 - Berlin 20-24 September

Issue 63 - Published 9th November 2008 (pdf 899 KB)

• Contents :
•  Second Session of the Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance - Seoul 20-24 October
•  IDF/INRA First Symposium on Minerals and Dairy Products - Saint-Malo 1-3 October
•  Health claims on dairy and bone health
•  Standing Committee for Nutrition and Health Strategic Plan 2007-2009
•  IDF Guide to Good Animal Welfare in Dairy Production
•  Future IDF events
  • Functional Dairy Foods - Melbourne 24/25 February 2009
  • Fourth IDF Dairy Science and Technology Week - Rennes 20-24 April 2009
  • World Dairy Summit 2009 - Berlin 20-24 September
  • World Dairy Summit 2010 - Auckland 4-11 November
  • International Symposium on Sheep and Goats milk - Athens 16-18 May 2011
•  IDF publications
  • Bulletin 432/2008 - The World Dairy Situation 2008
  • Standard 009:2008 - Dried milk and dried milk products - Determination of fat content - Gravimetric method (Reference method)
  • Standard 013:2008 - Evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk - Determination of fat content - Gravimetric method (Reference method)
  • Standard 016:2008 - Cream - Determination of fat content - Gravimetric method (Reference method)
  • Standard 022:2008 - Skimmed milk, whey and buttermilk - Determination of fat content - Gravimetric method (Reference method)
  • Standard 059:2008 - Whey cheese - Determination of fat content - Gravimetric method (Reference method)
  • Standard 116:2008 - Milk-based edible ices and ice mixes - Determination of fat content - Gravimetric method (Reference method)
  • Standard 123:2008 - Milk-based infant foods - Determination of fat content - Gravimetric method (Reference method)

Issue 62 - Published 25th September 2008 (pdf 775 KB)

• Contents:
•  IDF Guide to Good Animal Welfare in Dairy Production
•  Implementation of the WHO Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health in Codex
•  IDF/INRA International Symposium on Minerals and Dairy Products - Saint-Malo 1-3 October
•  Fourth IDF Dairy Science and Technology Week - Rennes 20-24 April 2009
•  IDF International Symposium on Cheese Ripening and Technology - Madison early 2012
•  5th International Symposium on Milk Genomics and Human Health - Sydney 14-16 October
• IDF publications
  • Bulletin 431/2008 - Dioxin and PCB levels in milk
  • Speical Issue 0801/2008 - The Challenge to Sheep and Goats Milk Sector (in 4 parts)
  • IDF Standard 025:2008 - Processed cheese products - Determination of nitrogen content and crude protein calculation - Kjeldahl method
  • IDF Standard 050:2008 - Milk and milk products - Guidance on sampling
  • IDF Standard 130:2008 - Milk and milk products - Determination of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorobiphenyls - Method using capillary gas-liquid chromatography with electron-capture detection
  • IDF Standard 139:2008 - Milk and milk products - Determination of the benzoic and sorbic acid contents
  • IDF Standard 105:2008 - Milk - determination of fat content -Gerber butyrometers
  • IDF Standard 197:2008 - Milk and milk products - Determination of nitrate content  - Method by enzymatic reduction and molecular absorption spectrometry after Griess reaction
  • IDF Standard 226:2008 - Milk - Determination of fat content

Issue 61 - Published 24th July  2008 (pdf 407 KB)

• Contents :
•   First IDF Dairy Farming Summit: "Climate Change - The Heat Is On", Edinburgh 25-27 June
•   Success stories - Codex Standards
•   Science and Programme Coordination Committee meeting - Paris 24 May
•   Nutrition and Health Standing Committee meeting - Paris 26 May
•   One day International workshop on Dairy Fats and CHD - Reading 25 June
•   Marketing Standing Committee meeting - Sydney 6 June
•   International Life Science Institute (ILSI Europe) workshop on the Beneficial Effects of Probiotics - Montreux 22-24 May
•   76th General Session of the OIE International Committee - Paris 25-30 May
•   New IDF Nutrition website
•   Forthcoming events
•                            6th International Symposium on Sheep and Goats Milk - Athens 2011
•                            IDF Symposium on Science and Technology of Fermented Milk - Trömso, Norway 7-9 June 2010
•                            IDF Symposium on Microstructure of Dairy Products - Trömso, Norway 9-11 June 2010
•   New IDF Publication
•                            Bulletin 430/2008 - Hygiene and Food Safety of Dairy Products and Food Standards for International Trade

Issue 60 - Published 17th June 2008 (pdf 478 KB)

• Contents :
•   IDF Dairy Science and Technology Week  - Quebec City 12-16 May
•   IDF / ISO Analytical Week - Montreux, Switzerland 19-23 May
•   Dairy Science and Technology Standing Committee meeting - Quebec City 15 May
•   Method Standards Steeing Group meetings - 18 and 23 May
•   Codex Committee on Food Additives - Beijing, China 21-25 April
•   36th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling - Ottawa 28 April - 2 May
•   New work Items and Questionnaires 
•   Forthcoming event
•                            First IDF / INRA Internatonal Symposium on Minerals and Dairy Products - Saint-Malo 1-3 October
•   New IDF Publications
•                            Bulletin 429/2008 - Physiological and Functional Properties of Probiotics
•                            Bulletin 428/2008 - Pilot and full interlaboratory collaborative studies on the gas liquid chromatographic method for the
•                                determination of omega-3 and onega-6 fatty acid content in milk fat from enriched dairy products - ISO/DIS 23065 /
•                                IDF 211

Issue 59 - Published 6th May 2008 (pdf 1,634 KB)

• Contents :
•   5th IDF Symposium on Cheese Ripening - Bern, Switzerland 10-13 March
•   Animal Health Standing Committee meeting - Brussels, Belgium 4 March
•   Dairy Policies and Economics Standing Committee meeting - Anand, India 8-9 March
•   Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Samplng Session - Budapest, Hungary 10-14 March
•   US-IDF Education Session - Rosemont, USA 26 March
•   Forthcoming events
•                            IDF Dairy Science and Technology Week - Quebec City 12-16 May 2008
•                            IDF/ISO Analytical Week - Montreux, Switzerland 19-23 May 2008
•                            First IDF Dairy Farming Summit - Edinburgh, Scotland 25-27 June 2008
•                            First IDF/INRA International Symposium on Minerals and Dairy Products - Saint-Malo, France 1-3 October 2008
•                            5th International Symposium on Milk Genomics and Human Health - Sydney, Australia 14-16 October 2008
•                            DIAA/IDF Functional Foods 2009 - Melbourne, Australia - 24-25 February 2009
•                            IDF World Dairy Summit 2009 - Berlin, Germany 21-24 September 2009
•                            IDF Regional Symposium on Dairy-Based Infant Formulas and Fermented Milks - China June 2009 - Postponed
• New IDF Publications
•                            Bulletin 427/2008 - Towards a Reference System for Somatic Cell Counting in Milk
•                            Bulletin 426/2008 - Milking Management of Dairy Buffaloes
•                            Bulletin 425/2008 - Sampling Plans for Inspection by Variables
•                            Joint IDF/ISO Standard - IDF/RM 025 - ISO /TS 17837 - Milk and Milk Products - Determination of nitrogen content and                                 crude protein calculation - Kjeldahl method

Issue 58 - Published 13th March 2008 (pdf 1,858 KB)

• Contents :
•   New clinical research confirms that natural transfats are perfectly safe as part of a healthy diet
•   8th Session of the Codex Committee on Milk and Milk Products - Queenstown, New Zealand 4-8 February 2008
•   IDF/FAO/WHO Symposium on Revolution in Food Safety Management - Bali, Indonesia 13-15 Febraury
•   Christian Robert visits Nepal and Malaysia
•   Food Additives Standing Committee meeting - Queenstown, New Zealand 7 February
•   Methods Standards Steering Group meeting - Brussels, Belgium 14-15 February
•   New IDF Public Dairy Laboratories database
•   IDF Alumni
•   Forthcoming events
•                            IDF Dairy Science and Technology Week - Quebec City 12-16 May
•                            IDF Analytical Week - Montreux, Switzerland 19-23 May
•                             First IDF/INRA International Symposium on Minerals and Dairy Products - Saint-Malo, France 1-3 October             
• New IDF Publications
•                            Bulletin 424/2008 - Advances in Analytical Techniques
•                           Joint IDF/ISO Standard - IDF 222- ISO/3433 - Cheese - Determination of fat content - Van Gulik method
•                           Joint IDF/ISO Standard - IDF 221- ISO/3432 - Cheese - Determination of fat content - Butyrometer for Van Gulik method
•                           Joint IDF/ISO Standard - IDF 148-2 - ISO/13366-2 - Milk - Enumeration of somatic cells - Part 2: Guidance on the                                   operation of fluoro-opto-electronic counters
•                            Joint IDF/ISO Standard - IDF 148-1 - ISO/13366-1 - Milk - Enumeration of somatic cells - Part 1:Microscopic method                                  (Reference method)
•                            Joint IDF/ISO Standard - IDF 091 - ISO/5547 - Caseins - Determination of free acidity (Reference method)                                             Joint IDF/ISO Standard - IDF 090 - ISO/5545 - Rennet caseins and caseinates - Determination of ash (Reference                                   Method)
•                            Joint IDF/ISO Standard - IDF 089 - ISO/5544 - Caseins - Determination of "fixed ash" (Reference method)
•                             
• Issue 57 - Published 31st January 2008 (pdf 1,620 KB)
• Contents :
•   New IDF Board fast tracks sustainability
•   Promotion of IDF in Brazil
•   Visit of IDF Director General to Danone Headquarters in Paris
•   Forthcoming events
•                            IDF Dairy Science and Technology Week - Quebec City 12-16 May 2008
•                            First IDF Dairy Farming Summit - Edinburgh, Scotland 25-27 June 2008
•                            DIAA/IDF Functional Foods 2009 - Melbourne, Australia - 24-25 February 2009
•                            IDF Symposia on science and Technology of Fermented Milk and Microstructure of Dairy Products - Tromsö, Norway                                 7-11 June 2010

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