EU ministers have scrapped a complex system of state aid payable for the supply of school milk that will in particular scrap special high subsidies to high fat milk.
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The European Commission, which put forward the proposal to the European Council of Ministers, said: “This is no longer appropriate in an age when obesity is becoming a major public health problem.” The new rate will be EUR18.15 (US$25.70)/100kg for all categories of milk.
Meanwhile, ministers also signed off a serious of other measure related to the dairy sector.
Ministers scrapped EU aid payable for putting cream or skimmed milk powder into storage. They also signed a law to replace 27 national definitions for quality butter with one EU standard, while ministers also approved an EU-wide minimum fat free protein ratio of 34% for milk powders and condensed milk.
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