Minister Carola Schouten (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) has put an end to the pilot for the Kringloopwijzer. The pilot was scheduled to start in 2018. Schouten does this because of cattle fraud by dairy farmers.
Schouten deletes the pilot for the Kringloopwijzer, which the dairy sector has been advocating and working on for years. She believes that a pilot is not justified because of the signals from cattle registration fraud by dairy farmers. In a letter to the House of Representatives she writes: "However, I have to conclude that the sector is currently unable to fulfill its own responsibility that is necessary for the responsible application of such an instrument."
Possibly thousands of LUs too many
Research by the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) shows that dairy farmers have more livestock in the barn than stated. It could possibly be several thousand LUs (large livestock units), good for a dairy cattle phosphate production of several hundred thousand kilos. The fraud does not lead to exceeding the European phosphate ceiling.
LTO Nederland, the Dutch Dairy Farmers' Union (NMV), the NAJK and the Dutch Dairy Organization (NZO) allow a press statement know to be shocked by Minister Schouten's announcement. The organizations call the fraud unacceptable.
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