Two senior executives who worked for New Zealand's Kiwi Cooperative are among seven people charged with fraud last month in the $75 million "powdergate" export scandal. Kiwi is the giant dairy company that evolved into Fonterra.

Lawmakers Propose Strengthening Milk's Position in Schools Legislation introduced in the House of Representatives would bolster milk's central place in the federal school lunch program. The Child Nutrition Improvement and

After several months of declines in milk production, cheese and butter prices skyrocketed in March, and both block and cheese prices at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange smashed previous records.

Chr. Hansen, Milwaukee is looking for a bigger slice of the dairy culture market. The company soon will be increasing the culture production schedule from 5 days a week

Britain's "Got Milk?" They've had the Beatles and the Royals, and now the British have "Got Milk?"™ Beginning this month, Great Britain's Milk Development Council-a generic promotional program for dairy

Oberweis Dairy, N. Aurora, Ill., is caught in the wake of its chairman's failed bid for a U.S. Senate nomination.

Two June events offer different opportunities for processors

An article in the March issue of Dairy Foods indicated that Tillamook County Creamery Assn. is taking legal steps to trademark the name Tillamook. The Oregon-based co-op and cheesemaker does

A federal appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling in the case of a Pennsylvania farming couple who are suing to be exempted from the dairy industry's check-off program.

Dreyer's Scoops Shops Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Inc. has acquired the final piece of the U.S. Häagen-Dazs ice cream business last month with the purchase of General Mills Inc.'s Häagen-Dazs