Publications

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Please find a list of our latest publications below

Bulletin of the IDF N° 497 2019: Applications of Near Infrared Spectrometry for the Analysis of Milk and Milk products

By Andreas Niemöller and Steve Holroyd. Milk and milk products are a widely consumed and traded foo...

REPORT 163 – IDF Dairy Sustainability Outlook No. 1

The 2018 IDF Dairy Sustainability Outlook provides a viewpoint on sustainable development of relevan...

Bulletin of the IDF N° 495/ 2018: Inventory of microbial food cultures with safety demonstration in fermented food products

Since 2002, the International Dairy Federation (IDF), in collaboration with the European Food and Fe...

ISO 15151 I IDF 229: 2018 – Milk, milk products, infant formula and adult nutritionals — Determination of minerals and trace elements – Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) method

This document specifies a method for the quantitative determination of calcium (Ca), copper (Cu), ir...

ISO 21424 I IDF 243: 2018 — Milk, milk products, infant formula and adult nutritionals — Determination of minerals and trace elements — Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) method

This document specifies a method for the quantitative determination of calcium (Ca), copper (Cu), ir...

IDF Annual Report 2017-2018

IDF Animal Health Report N° 12

The annual Animal Health Report addresses key issues affecting the dairy sector. The report is a...

Bulletin of the IDF N° 494/ 2018: The World Dairy Situation 2018

Electronic version includes all illustrations in Powerpoint slides and Excel tables enabling use of...

Bulletin of the IDF N° 493/ 2018: Proceedings of the 6th Paratuberculosis Forum

The 6th ParaTB Forum, sponsored by the International Dairy Federation (IDF), was held on June 4th, 2...

IDF 242 I ISO 21422 (2018) – Milk, milk products, infant formula and adult nutritionals — Determination of chloride — Potentiometric titration method

This document specifies a method for the determination of chloride in milk, milk products, infant fo...

Bulletin of the IDF N° 492/ 2018: Total cost of ownership: An approach to support sustainable investments in the dairy processing and packaging industry

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is an analysis meant to determine all the lifetime costs that derive f...

Bulletin of the IDF N° 491/ 2018: Teat-cup and cluster removal strategies for cattle and small ruminants, Review and recommendations

Since the 1990s, when the technology was first introduced to Europe, automatic milking systems AMS (...