Notes to broadcasters on local dairy:
Date Posted: October 6th, 2008
For further information on this topic, see:
-“Melamine milk crisis – Countries to ensure safe feeding for infants and increase vigilance,” a bulletin by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization: http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2008/1000926/index.html
-“Researchers want local milk kept safe,” a story from Kenya’s The Nation on local threats to milk safety: http://allafrica.com/stories/200809280098.html
The following Farm Radio International scripts provide information on keeping dairy cows and milk products healthy and safe:
-“A mystery at the dairy: The importance of proper sanitation when working with animals,” (Package 63, Script 6, April 2002), set in Costa Rica
-“A farmer practices zero grazing,” (Package 51, Script 3, February 1999)
-This FRW article recalls the types of food contamination that were uncovered in Ghana earlier this year:
-“Use of harmful food additives on the rise” (Issue #35, September 2008)
-This article, from January 2008 (FRW Issue #7), describes early predictions that Kenya’s post-election violence would affect dairy production: http://farmradio.org/english/weekly/2008/01/21/2-kenya-violence-forces-farmers-to-flee-threatens-food-supply-various-sources-allafricacom/
