Indian Dairy Sector Faces Crisis of Trust Amid Trade, Feed & Quality Fears
India’s dairy sector has become the unexpected centre of a heated public debate, driven by concerns over a newly announced India-US interim trade framework, social media narratives about dairy feed imports, and a separate credibility challenge involving Amul product quality claims. The flashpoint for the controversy was the decision to permit limited imports of DDGS…
India–US Trade Deal Tussle: Dairy’s “Non-Veg Milk” Sticking Point
Negotiations on the India–US trade agreement have been complicated by cultural, regulatory and market concerns over U.S. dairy imports, with the contentious issue of so-called “non-veg milk” emerging as a symbolic bone of contention. In India’s trade discourse, “non-veg milk” refers to milk from cows fed animal-derived supplements such as meat meal, blood meal, tallow…