The French dairy industry’s renowned milk quality expertise, at both a scientific and technical level, enables France to play an influential role in the development of international food standards.
In this way, France, as a member of the International Dairy Federation (IDF), has actively contributed to the Milk and Milk Products Committee of the Codex Alimentarius, set up by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Health Organization to develop these standards.
France is responsible, for example, for the regulatory definition of milk, which prevents plant-based juices (e.g., soya) from using the term.