It is unclear who blew the whistle on the price-fixing but Arla, the dairy processor, will escape a fine after fully co-operating with authorities.

Monsanto is battling dairy processors and consumer groups over a geneticially engineered bovine-growth hormone.

On one side are the drug's maker and dairy industry giants; on the other, a coalition of dairy processors and consumer groups.

Consolidation is also reshaping the landscape, as large dairy processors seize a greater share of the market.

These purchase prices are set high enough to enable dairy processors to pay farmers at least the support price for the milk they use in manufacturing these products.

Also immediately hit by the automatic cuts of the budget-balancing law are dairy processors, who will receive less money for surplus dairy products on hand.

In addition, using permeate as an additive can save dairy processors the cost of disposing of the product.

Clover along with 6 other dairy processors was implicated.

Delicias is one of the most important dairy production areas in Mexico; the city hosts many modern dairy processors and dairy product manufactures.

It is the leading private dairy producer in Israel and the second largest dairy processor after Tnuva.