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13 September 2021

Louis Dreyfus completes stake sale to Abu Dhabi's ADQ
Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has completed the sale of a 45% indirect stake to Abu Dhabi holding firm ADQ, marking the arrival of the first non-family shareholder in the agricultural commodity group's 170-year history....

05 October 2020

UK's cheese exports to UAE double in 10 years and could increase further
Shipments of UK cheese to the UAE have doubled in the last 10 years, showing the importance of this emerging market. ...

28 November 2019

UAE Demand Soars for European Dairy Products
UAE - The UAE’s imports of European cream increased to 8,702 tonnes in 2018 with France exporting 3,533 tonnes alone, according to the latest research from CNIEL, the French Dairy Board....

12 August 2019

Ever increasing demand for dairy products in the UAE, and the burdens of dairy production in harsh environments - how to gear up for growth
Join us for the International Dairy Conference and the Animal Production in the United Arab Emirates Conference at EuroTier Middle East 2019 from 2 – 4 September in Abu Dhabi...

22 May 2019

Dubai Denies Claims of Cattle Being Injected with Milk-inducing Hormones
UAE - Dubai Municipality has denied claims that cattle are injected with milk-inducing growth hormones in order to produce more products for dairy brands Al Marai, Nadec, and Al Safi, which it said are imported from Saudi Arabia....

11 June 2018

Cattle Feed Inspection Labs Open at Jebel Ali Port
UAE - Talib Julfar, Assistant Director-General of Dubai Municipality for Environment and Public Health Services Sector, recently inaugurated the veterinary laboratories for examining fodder samples and animal food shipments in Jebel Ali Port....

26 September 2017

Arla Launches Branded Organic Milk in Middle East
UAE - Arla Foods, the world’s largest producer of organic dairy products, has launched its first branded organic milk in the Middle East, the company’s biggest strategic growth market outside Europe, marking a significant milestone in its growth agenda....

06 March 2017

Brexit Spurs Ireland to Woo Middle East for Dairy, Meat Sales
UAE - Ireland’s $21 billion (Dh77 billion) food and beverage industry is turning to the Middle East for sales as the UK - its biggest buyer - prepares to move ahead with Brexit and leave the European Union....

01 March 2017

AHDB Meat and Dairy Attend Gulfood in Dubai
UAE - Quality Standard Mark Lamb and speciality cheeses will be in the spotlight this week at a major international trade show in Dubai....

24 February 2017

Neutral Fuels Makes Biofuel from Dairy Waste
UAE - After two years of research into new and improved ways to create biofuels, Dubai-based Neutral Fuels has become the first company to successfully use butter, cream and ghee waste as a feedstock for creating commercial biofuel. ...

13 February 2017

Dubai Investments Earns $50m from Sale of Dairy Farm
UAE - Dubai Investments, a conglomerate in which sovereign fund Investment Corp of Dubai owns an 11.5 per cent stake, has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Dubai Investments Industries has divested its 100 per cent stake in Marmum Dairy Farm...

07 February 2017

UAE’s Dairy Brands See Profit Margins Getting Skimmed
UAE - For the UAE’s dairy brands, their already thin margins on fresh milk retail prices are getting skimmed off further. And it is the deep discounts that some producers — local and regional — offer that are the root cause of the problem, according...

19 January 2015

New VIV MEA Show Becomes Third VIV International Hub
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - VIV Worldwide has announced VIV MEA as its new regional trade show, which will be held from 16 to 18 February 2016 in Abu Dhabi. ...

21 April 2014

UAE Ministry of Economy Fines Dairy Firm for Price Rise
UAE - The Ministry of Economy has fined a dairy company in UAE for increasing prices without approval of the ministry, Arabic daily Emarat Al Youm reported. ...

02 June 2010

Hassad Food Invests In Global Livestock, Grain Projects
QATAR - Hassad Food has announced plans to invest US$700 million in global agricultural projects, including poultry, dairy, beef and grains....

24 August 2009

UAE Lifts Ban on Cattle Imports
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has lifted a ban on cattle imports from Somalia, the WAM news agency reported Friday citing the environment ministry....

24 June 2009

UAE Issues New Milk Import Decree
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - The UAE's Ministry of Environment and Water has issued a decree outlining requirements for the importation of "milk and its derivatives." ...

23 June 2009

World Milk Day Celebrated in Bahrain
UAE - Tetra Pak Arabia, a leading food processing and packaging company, organised a World Milk Day event on 19 June 2009 at the Seef Mall in Bahrain....

18 May 2009

UAE Steps up Import Inspections
UAE - Customs officials in the United Arab Emirates are monitoring livestock imports from countries that have reported recent cases of bluetongue....

06 May 2009

UAE Bans Egyptian Dairy Products
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Tarek Tawfik, chairman of Egypt's Chamber of Food Industries has said that the UAE has banned imports of Egyptian milk and cheese after prohibiting imports of meat and meat products earlier in March this year, citing foot-and-mouth...

06 August 2007

UAE Bans UK Livestock Imports After Foot-And-Mouth Outbreak
DUBAI - The United Arab Emirates imposed a temporary ban on import of all live cloven-hoofed animals and products from the U.K. following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, state-run WAM news agency reported Monday. ...