Dairy industry fights 'white wave' fears at India's World Food Expo as FTA talks roll on

DCANZ Executive director Kimberly Crewther pictured at India's World Food Expo. (Image: BusinessDesk)

Thu, 02 Oct 2025

You don’t have to look far at the Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ) stall to figure out one big reason why we had a major presence at India’s flagship food processing event. Right at the top of a flyer the industry body was distributing at World Food India was a bar graph showing NZ’s total milk production, a tiny sliver on a bar graph in comparison to India.DCANZ executive director Kimberly Crewther said the graph was about combating the fear of an NZ-induced “white wave” if India were e...

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