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Turkey, the world's 8th and the Europe's 3rd largest milk producer, is hosting this year's World Dairy Summit held in Istanbul for the first time. The summit discussed the future of the milk where is a keynote speaker at the 2nd day of Ak Food Chief Executive Officer Ali Sözen said that the event is a great opportunity to show Turkey's production potential to the world. Organized by the International Dairy Federation (IDF) every year in different cities of the world, the World Milk Summit started this year with the hosting of Istanbul. More than 2,000 professionals, including producers, industrialists, research institutions, institute representatives, consumers and the public sector from 44 member countries of the International Dairy Federation, where 75 percent of the milk produced in the world is represented, are hosted in Istanbul on September 23-26. Ak Food, Turkey's largest dairy products manufacturer has undertaken the Platinum sponsorship of the summit....

Having recently received approval for exports of several products to China, Turkey has now reached an agreement to export milk to the country, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli announced yesterday. Pakdemirli's remarks came on the sidelines of IDF World Dairy Summit, organized by the International Dairy Federation (IDF) in Istanbul. Pointing to the world's recognition of Turkish dairy products, he said, "The recognition of Turkish dairy products is increasing day by day in the foreign market. We are currently exporting to the Middle East and aim to expand it to the Far East market. In this context, we have reached an agreement on Veterinary Health Certificate in order to export milk to China." Indicating that 67 businesses have been registered in CIFER, China's food import system, Pakdemirli said, "Following the approval by the Chinese side, exports for low-risk dairy products will begin. I would also like to give the good news that we have ...