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Article: Dutch/Irish supplies disrupted by FMD.(dairy product supplies; foot and mouth disease prevention measures)(Brief Article)
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- Grocer
- Article date:
- March 31, 2001
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The confirmed outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in both Ireland and the Netherlands last week have created major difficulties in maintaining supplies of milk and dairy products to local retailers and overseas customers.
Both the Dutch and Irish dairy industries export more than they sell on their domestic markets and any disruption of these exports can cause huge problems.
The immediate reaction of the Dutch authorities was to ban all movements of milk off farms and this left dairies denuded of milk for processing, other than small quantities they were able to import from Germany and other neighbouring countries.
Exports from both countries ...