With bird flu in raw milk, many in U.S. still do not know risks of consuming it

18-Mar-2025 - Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) located H5N1 bird flu virus in samples of raw, or unpasteurized, milk in tests in four states in April 2024, and bird flu has been detected in commercially sold raw milk, many Americans do not know that consuming raw milk and its products poses ...

Arla announces proposal to invest EUR 107 million in UHT milk production in UK

03-Mar-2025 - Arla has proposed to invest EUR 107.7 million to create a new UHT Centre of Excellence at its Lockerbie site in Scotland. As a result of the proposed investment, there is a potential impact for some colleagues based across two UK sites, with a proposed closure at Settle. ArlaFoodshas today ...

Dairy giant Hochland teams up with Those Vegan Cowboys to scale up sustainable cheese

22-Jan-2025 - One of Europe’s largest private cheese producers Hochland Group signed a joint development agreement with Belgian/Dutch pioneers in precision fermentation Those Vegan Cowboys. In 2023, Those Vegan Cowboys succeeded in making real cow-free casein: the milk protein that makes cheese cheesy. ...

How a milk component could eliminate one of the biggest challenges in treating cancer and other disease

Nebraska startup to use nanoparticles found in milk to target therapeutics to specific cells

20-Jan-2025 - Two Nebraska researchers have launched a startup company aimed at bringing to market an innovative method for delivering therapeutics, gene editing tools, plasmids and more to targeted locations in the human body. Minovacca, recently incorporated by Janos Zempleni and Jiantao Guo, will ...

Prospects for milk production: More protein and a healthier environment through grass feeding

Grass-based and low-concentrate cow feed increases protein turnover and reduces environmental impact

27-Dec-2024 - How can milk production be made more sustainable? And how does feeding concentrates influence sustainability? Researchers at the University of Göttingen and the Kassel Institute for Rural Development have investigated protein utilisation on dairy farms and shown that grass-based and ...

Is reheated spinach poisonous?

14-Nov-2024 - A few facts about saving food: To mark European Food Waste Prevention Week from 16 to 23 November, the NRW Consumer Advice Center is clearing up misconceptions about the shelf life of food - from the edibility of spotty carrots to the myth that reheated spinach is dangerous. This year's motto of ...

From butter hole to butter mountain

05-Jul-2024 - Frozen butter stocks in Switzerland have experienced extreme fluctuations in recent years. There are many reasons for this, including market developments and import strategies. Stable butter production and coping with the current overcapacity are challenging - and the complexity of butter supply ...

Infectious H5N1 influenza virus in raw milk rapidly declines with heat treatment

18-Jun-2024 - The amount of infectious H5N1 influenza viruses in rawmilkrapidly declined with heat treatment in laboratory research conducted by scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. However, small, detectable amounts of ...

Acquisition in the British dairy business

Theo Müller Group takes over Yew Tree Dairy

07-Jun-2024 - Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller is continuing on its growth path. An agreement to acquire the British dairy company Yew Tree Dairy was recently concluded. The acquisition is subject to approval by the British antitrust authority CMA. Yew Tree Dairy is a UK-based family business specializing in ...

High H5N1 influenza levels found in mice given raw milk from infected dairy cows

30-May-2024 - Mice administered raw milk samples from dairy cows infected with H5N1 influenza experienced high virus levels in their respiratory organs and lower virus levels in other vital organs, according to findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The results suggest that consumption of ...