Flying colours in Food and Veterinary Office audit for fast growing dairy industry

The dairy industry deserves credit for coming through a recent EU audit with flying colours.

In the throes of preparing for a 50% expansion of milk throughput, and coping with a rush of milk in the first month in 30 years of freedom from quotas, the industry was selected last April for an audit by the EU’s Food and Veterinary Office (FVO).

The timing was unfortunate, within weeks of the end of quotas releasing a pent-up flood of extra milk for processing, more than in any other member state.