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Bacteria scare: German supermarkets recall several milk products

Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:16:34 +0200

Before you pour your milk today, look carefully at the packaging – because a Germany-wide recall on several products has been issued due to bacteria fears.

Lidl's cows are going on a GM-free diet

Mon, 11 Jul 2016 13:12:44 +0200

Lidl is the first German supermarket chain to get the official 'GM-free' certification on its own-brand milk.

Dairy farms in crisis as milk now cheaper than water

Wed, 18 May 2016 11:57:28 +0200

As the price of milk in German supermarkets dips below that of a bottle of mineral water, many farmers fear for their futures. How has this come to pass?

Lady Gaga named Germany's prettiest cow

Fri, 12 Jun 2015 12:53:25 +0200

Lady Gaga has taken home the top prize from the German Holstein Show in Oldenburg, making her the closest thing to a "Miss Germany" in the bovine world.

Mootube: Milk farmers make a splash online

Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:02:00 +0100

Farmers in western Germany are milking their online success with videos documenting the daily lives of those in the dairy industry attracting more than 145,000 hits.

Cancer-causing fungus found in raw milk

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:13:00 +0100

High levels of a cancer-causing fungus has been found in raw milk from a western German farm. The authorities in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) suspect contaminated cow feed from Serbia.

Milk banned from cows given carcinogenic feed

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 11:55:00 +0100

Hundreds of farms in Lower Saxony have been banned from selling milk in the latest food scandal to hit Germany, after authorities discovered thousands of cows had been given carcinogenic animal feed.

Supermarkets put up milk prices by 20 pc

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:02:00 +0100

German consumers will soon have to pay up to 20 percent more for milk at supermarkets, after one of the major retailers announced a significant price rise on Friday.

One tonne of fish dead after dairy farmer protest

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:24:00 +0200

Dairy farmers who dumped truckloads of milk in protest of EU policies last week in Saxony-Anhalt are now under investigation after more than a tonne of fish died in a nearby pond over the weekend, a police spokesperson told The Local on Monday.

Dairy farms under threat as milk prices slide

Sun, 24 May 2009 16:12:00 +0200

The vice president of the National Union of Farmers (DBV), Udo Folgart, warned on Sunday that a fifth of all diary farms in Germany are threatened with closure on account of tumbling milk prices.

Dairy industry says it's on the verge of collapse

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:00:00 +0100

The dairy industry in Germany is on the verge of collapse, President of the German dairy farmer's federation (BDM), Romuald Schaber, told daily Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung on Friday.

China asks German dairies for powdered milk

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:40:00 +0200

China has started making inquires at German dairies for powdered milk in the wake of a deadly food safety scandal, daily newspaper Die Welt reported on Wednesday.

Dairy leader calls for end to German milk strike

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:54:00 +0200

The German dairy farmer's federation (BDM) has called for members to cease their 10-day milk delivery strike over price disputes with retailers and dairy producers.

German dairies demand nationwide price hike

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:45:00 +0200

The German farmers' union demanded on Thursday that all retailers follow the example of Lidl discount retailer and hike milk prices following a week-long delivery strike by dairy farms.

German milk strike spills across Europe

Wed, 28 May 2008 22:16:00 +0200

With food costs soaring around the world, German dairy farmers began a strike over falling milk prices on Wednesday in a protest that a European milk body said is spreading to other EU countries.