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10.04.2012
EMB Newsletter April online
Dear Dairy Farmers and Interested Parties,
The European Milk Board (EMB) elected a new Board at its Members’ Meeting last month. The members also entrusted me with this important office. So I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself briefly; my colleagues on the new Board will emulate me in subsequent issues of the EMB Newsletter.
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