Milk

At its meeting on Thursday, the Croatian government will take a decision to set a fixed price for eight basic products, said Prime Minister Andrej Plenković.

The price of sunflower oil will be lower - 1.72 euros per liter (now it is 1.86 euros), there will be a price limit for milk, flour, sugar, whole chicken and minced pork.

Livestock breeding in Bulgaria is on the verge of bankruptcy, warned representatives of organizations in the sector.

At a general meeting, they requested a meeting with the president, the acting prime minister and the finance minister, but such a meeting has not yet been set.

Livestock breeders are also ready for effective protests.

The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the Abbott Laboratories infant formula plant in Michigan that was shut down for months last year due to contamination, the company confirmed.

Many basic food and household items cost up to 70% more this year than last February, just before the war broke out in Ukraine, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority data. This is despite the easing of the consumer price index to 7.2% in December.

The efforts of dairy companies to reduce the price of cow's milk to farmers at the same time as the price of it available on the "shelf" of supermarkets continues to rise, are brought to the fore by the Greek Holstein Breed Association and the Hellenic Livestock Association (SEK).

Raw milk production decreased by about 10 percent last October compared to the previous year due to the increased costs.

Due to the low selling price in the face of costs throughout 2022, the producers sent their milk-producing animals to slaughter.

Ljubljana – Slovenian dairies produced some 160,700 tonnes of drinking milk last year, up 1.7% compared to 2020, an upward trend that follows a four-year decline, data by the Statistics Office shows. Full-fat milk accounted for more than 84% of the total production.

Nearly all products made of milk increased in Turkey last year, although drinking milk output decreased, according to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) on Feb. 14. 

AmfilohiasGi products are produced by Amfigal SA, in a state-of-the-art milk and dairy processing unit in Kehrinia, Amfilochia.

Breast milk, which is a living liquid, not only provides nutrition to infants but it strengthens the immune system and protects them from infections, according to a top Turkish pediatrician.