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

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)
Dileepa Fonseka
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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