International Dairy Federation (IDF)

Netherlands National Committee of IDF

The IDF has 46 member countries, which to6gether account for 75% of world milk production. IDF is a network of approximately 1,200 dairy experts from around the world, providing a platform for sharing information, ideas and experiences. Brief information on IDF can be found in this factsheet.

The Netherlands has been a longstanding (founding) member of IDF since its founding back in 1903. The Dutch membership is organized through the Netherlands National Committee (NNC), which represents the interests of the Dutch dairy sector in IDF. For long, NNC was organized as the Association of the Netherlands National Committee of IDF, but in 2017 the setting was revised. As a consequence, NNC became a Thematic Committee under the umbrella of the dairy chain organization ZuivelNL.

NNC also functions as a local network organization of IDF. This network includes the main stakeholders in the Dutch dairy sector. The following partners hold seats in the Thematic Committee NNC-IDF: LTO Nederland, the Dutch Zuivel Organization (NZO), the Animal Health Service (GD), Wageningen University & Research (Dairy Technology and Dairy Campus), the Qlip quality assurance and analysis organization and the Dutch Standardization Institute (NEN). The secretariat of NNC-IDF is based at ZuivelNL.

The focus of NNC-IDF is to support the activities of IDF while serving the interests of the Dutch dairy sector at the international level. NNC-IDF runs a network of around 45 local experts active in the various fields of expertise IDF is focussing on. One of the key assets of IDF is its unique position as a multi-stakeholder organisation, which makes IDF the preferred partner in dairy for global IGOs like Codex Alimentarius, OIE and FAO.

Netherlands National Committee of IDF

The Netherlands has been a longstanding (founding) member of IDF since its founding back in 1903. The Dutch membership is organized through the Netherlands National Committee (NNC), which represents the interests of the Dutch dairy sector in IDF. For long, NNC was organized as the Association of the Netherlands National Committee of IDF, but in 2017 the setting was revised. As a consequence, NNC became a Thematic Committee under the umbrella of the dairy chain organization ZuivelNL.

NNC also functions as a local network organization of IDF. This network includes the main stakeholders in the Dutch dairy sector. The following partners hold seats in the Thematic Committee NNC-IDF: LTO Nederland, the Dutch Zuivel Organization (NZO), the Animal Health Service (GD), Wageningen University & Research (Dairy Technology and Dairy Campus), the Qlip quality assurance and analysis organization and the Dutch Standardization Institute (NEN). The secretariat of NNC-IDF is based at ZuivelNL.

The focus of NNC-IDF is to support the activities of IDF while serving the interests of the Dutch dairy sector at the international level. NNC-IDF runs a network of around 45 local experts active in the various fields of expertise IDF is focussing on. One of the key assets of IDF is its unique position as a multi-stakeholder organisation, which makes IDF the preferred partner in dairy for global IGOs like Codex Alimentarius, OIE and FAO.

Dutch dairy sector endorses the Dairy Declaration of Rotterdam

In a signing ceremony as part of a meeting on ‘sustainable food choices’, held in The Hague, on 12 June 2017, representatives of the Dutch Dairy Association (NZO), the Dutch Federation of Agriculture and Horticulture (LTO Nederland), the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Wageningen University & Research endorsed the Dairy Declaration of Rotterdam.