Trust, Not Transfers: Why India’s Food Safety System Needs a Faceless Sampling Model
For the last few months, India has witnessed an unprecedented series of enforcement actions against food adulteration. Maharashtra has led the headlines with large-scale inspections, raids and action against food business operators involved in milk and dairy adulteration. Every few months, a state finds its hero. A Food Commissioner leads a raid, adulterated milk is…
GDT 407: Global dairy market enters correction mode
GDT 407: Global dairy market enters correction mode The latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) Event 407, held on 7 July 2026, has delivered the sharpest correction witnessed in the global dairy market this year. The GDT Price Index declined by 4.9%, while the average winning price fell to USD 3,793/MT, reflecting broad-based weakness across major…
Belarus Dairy Exports Surge 50% on Commodity Exchange
Belarus significantly expanded its dairy exports through the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) during the first half of 2026, with sales increasing 1.5 times year-on-year to reach more than BYN 274 million (approximately US$93 million). Dairy products accounted for over 40% of the total value of agricultural exports traded on the exchange during the period,…
CRISIL Validates Our Concerns: Is 6% Milk Production Growth in FY27 Realistic?
For several months, DairyNews7x7 has consistently questioned the optimism surrounding the official projection of 6% growth in India’s milk production during FY27. Our concern was simple: can milk output accelerate at a time when the sector is grappling with rising feed costs, climatic stress, heat waves, and structural challenges affecting productivity? A recent report by…
FSSAI’s Production Record Rule: Relief for Traders, But Dairy Industry Still Awaits Clarity
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has finally notified the amendment mandating licensed food manufacturers to maintain daily records of production and raw material utilisation. The final gazette notification, issued on 23 June 2026, brings some welcome relief by exempting non-manufacturing food businesses from this requirement, reflecting concerns raised by industry stakeholders…
White Revolution 2.0: Expanding Without Diluting Local Institutions
The true test of White Revolution 2.0 will not be how many new institutions it creates, but whether it strengthens the institutions that made White Revolution 1.0 a global success. India’s dairy cooperative movement is one of the world’s finest examples of grassroots economic transformation. The Anand Pattern—built on village societies, district unions and state…
GDT 406: Global dairy prices correct across commodities
The latest Global Dairy Trade auction (Event 406 held on June 16, 2026) signals a broad-based correction in global dairy prices, with the GDT Price Index declining by 2.8% and the average winning price settling at USD 3,979/MT. Unlike Event 405, where fats had shown some recovery, Event 406 witnessed weakness across most major commodities,…
FSSAI Advisory on Cutting Tools: A New Focus Area for Dairy Food Safety
Food safety is often perceived mainly through the lens of microbiological hazards, hygiene practices, testing and process controls. However, the recent advisory issued by FSSAI on the use of food-grade, corrosion-resistant knives, blades and cutting equipment highlights an important but sometimes neglected area of food safety — physical and chemical hazards arising from food contact…
Indian Dairy’s White Revolution 2.0: Farmer First, Institutions Second
Can dairy growth come only through expanding cooperatives, or does India need a farmer-centric ecosystem where every processor competes to serve producers? India’s dairy transformation is one of the greatest examples of rural economic development. The cooperative movement, inspired by the vision of Dr Verghese Kurien, created a unique model where millions of small farmers…
Why Dairy’s Sustainability Debate Must Move beyond the Cow
As the world celebrates World Environment Day on June 5th, every sector is once again discussing climate change, carbon emissions, resource conservation and sustainable development. The dairy sector too finds itself at the centre of this conversation. Globally, discussions around dairy sustainability often focus on methane emissions from cattle, feed efficiency, manure management and the…