Dairy code champion Saputo disappoints

Marian Macdonald
October 24 2019 - 2:00pm
CODE CONFUSION: In July last year, Saputo chairman Lino Saputo threw his weight behind a mandatory code but Saputo's step-up does not comply with the existing code.
CODE CONFUSION: In July last year, Saputo chairman Lino Saputo threw his weight behind a mandatory code but Saputo's step-up does not comply with the existing code.

Lessons from the failings of dairy's voluntary code - including its disregard by mandatory code champion Lino Saputo - should be applied in the development of the new code, say the United Dairyfarmers of Victoria and Dairy Connect.

Marian Macdonald

Marian Macdonald

National rural property writer

Writing for farmers in the Stock & Land, The Land, Queensland Country Life, Stock Journal and FarmWeekly, farming in Gippsland.

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