The quality of dairy produce is of the utmost important to your business.
You can help to continue Ireland's tradition of high quality food production by availing of the support, information and schemes offered by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
Official Reports on the Monitoring of the Testing of Milk for Payment Purposes Food Safety Controls on Milk
Milk Hygiene - Approval and Inspection Service
Milk Hygiene section and Dairy Controls & Certification Division implement EU and national legislation to approve and supervise food business operators involved in the production of milk and milk based products. Controls are implemented to verify that legal standards of quality and safety for human consumption are maintained from production at farm level, through to manufacturing and storage.
Dairy Controls & Certification Division staff are authorised under the relevant legislation and carry out monitoring and enforcement measures, including inspections, audits and product sampling, to verify compliance with legislation. The control programmes also provide for the certification of dairy products for export to Third Country markets.
Click here for Legislation, which is available on the Website under the heading Food Safety Controls on Meat .
New Food Business Operator Application Pack
Further details on the registration/approval process, including application forms and information pack for Dairy Establishments are available from:
Milk and Dairy establishments approved and/or registered under the Hygiene Regulations
Controls to ensure that Irish Milk and Dairy Products are free from Antibiotics/Hormones
Direction RE Control of Animal Remedies and their Residues (Milk Sector)
Trader Notices
Trader Notice 03/2025: Algeria Update
Trader Notice 01/2025: Mexican Health and Veterinary Certificate MPD
Trader Notice MMPD No. 6/2024 - All exporters intending to export milk and milk products including infant formula products to Algeria
TN DCCD 2024-01 (replacing TN DCCD 22-02) Imports Channelling
Trader Notice MPD No. 5_2024 - India Integrated Veterinary Health Certificate
Trader Notice MPD No. 05_2024 Annex DCCD1 - India Integrated Veterinary Health Certificate - Timeline, Trader Requirements and Technical Information
Trader Notice MPD 03_2024 Movement of milk and milk products between Member States and export from the EU
Trader Notice 02_2024 Guidance to Food businesses operators (FBOs) exporting milk and dairy products to Great Britain (GB)
Trader notice India update MMPD No 01 of 2024
Trader Notice DH/TN/01/2018 - EU Hygiene Regulations in relation to TBC and SCC for Raw Milk
Trader Notice DH 02 of 2020 - DIF Rates OCR
Dairy Inspection Fees applicable from 1st January 2021
Trader Notice DH 01 of 2020
Dairy Inspections compliance with the Return to Work Safely Protocol and associated measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace
Trader Notice MPD 001/2018
Gaining and Maintaining Approval for access to the Online Dairy Export Application System - for Dairy Produce Export Certification
Trader Notice - Testing of Raw Milk for TBC/SCC
Trader Notice DH/1A/2015 (Bovine)
Trader Notice DH/1B/2015 (Ovine, Caprine)
Trader Notice DH/1C/2015 (Buffalo)
Biocide End-Users Circular 2018
Dairy Trader Notices
Trader Notice 01-2023 on the recovery of dairy products and their designation as food and non-food
Annex I to Trader Notice 01-2023 Acceptability criteria for cheese as a raw material in the manufacture of food products
Trader notice: MMPD No. 01/2023 - Clarification of consignor details to be included in applications on new Dairy Export Application System.
Trader notice: MMPD No. 02/2023 - Notification of the Official Name Change for the Republic of Türkiye
Trader notice: MMPD No. 03/2023 - Revised Certification Procedures for the export of milk and milk products to India
Trader Notice MMPD 04/2023 - Revised Certification Procedures for the export of milk and milk products to India
Trader Notice MMPD 05/2023 - Revised Certification Procedures for the export of milk and milk products to India
Trader Notice MMPD 06/2023 - Export Certification suspended (with immediate effect) for the export of milk and milk products to India
Trader Notice MMPD 07/2023 - Veterinary and Health Certification for the export of Milk and Milk Products from Ireland to India
Trader Notice 08/2023: Revised Certification Procedures for the export of milk and milk products to China
Trader Notice DCCD 01-2022 Milk Purchaser own controls in relation to residues and contaminants in raw milk
Trader Notice DCCD 22.02 (replacing TN DCCD 22.01) Imports Channelling
Trader Notice MPD 01/2022 – Notification of the intended cessation of DPIC 1
Trader Notice MPD 02/2022 – GB Labelling requirement for Agri-Food Products Imported from EU
Trader Notice MPD 03/2022 – Notification of Updated Export Requirements to Qatar
Trader Notice MPD 04/2022 – Triangular Trade
Trader Notice MPD 05/2022 – DPIC 1 Where no Bilateral Certification Agreement in Place
Trader Notice MPD 06/2022 - Certification Procedures for the Export of Milk and Milk Products to India
Trader Notice MPD 07/2022 – Increased Import Requirements for Vietnam
Data Protection Notices
The Cheesemakers' Workbook
European Guide to Good Hygiene Practices in the Production of Artisanal Cheese and Dairy Products
Dairy Inspection Fee
Under the Milk (Miscellaneous Provision) Act, 1979, a levy is payable on all milk purchased for processing. The levy is intended to cover the cost of the Department's inspection regime within the dairy sector. The rate of levy currently stands at 0.1 cent per litre.
Further information on Dairy Inspection Fees can be obtained from:
Dairy Forum - 30 September 2020
Ornua: Dairy Forum Market Outlook
DAFM Economics & Planning Division: Access to Finance - DAFM Loan Schemes
Office of the Revenue Commissioners: Rules of Origin
DAFM Brexit Division: Brexit Update and Key Messages to DAFM Dairy Forum
Dairy Forum – 31 March 2021
Ornua: Dairy Forum Market Outlook
Brexit Update and Key Messages
Environmental Update – Dairy Forum
Food Vision Dairy Group
1. Food Vision Dairy Group – 07 February 2022
Presentation - Food Vision Dairy Group – DAFM - ASG Sinéad McPhillips
Presentation - Current dairy context and future scenarios - Teagasc - Dr. Kevin Hanrahan
2. Food Vision Dairy Group - 21 February 2022
Presentation – Greenhouse Gas emission inventory for the agriculture sector – EPA
Presentation – Mitigation measures within the MACC– Teagasc – Dr. Kevin Hanrahan
Presentation – Carbon Budgets/fertiliser actions/limits – Dale Crammond
3. Food Vision Dairy Group – 07 March 2022
Presentation – Possible increased ambition in chemical nitrogen reductions– Dale Crammond
Presentation – BAU and alternative agricultural activity and emissions trajectories to 2030 – Teagasc – Dr. Kevin Hanrahan
4. Food Vision Dairy Group – Additional Online Meeting 14 March 2022
Presentation - Role of Breeding in Addressing future GHG Challenges - Andrew Cromie, ICBF
Presentation - Methane Research - Carbon Farming - Pat Dillon, Teagasc
5. Food Vision Dairy Group – 21 March 2022
Presentation – Presentation: DII/EY Processing Capacity Study & Economic Impact Study – Conor Mulvihill, Dairy Industry Ireland
Presentation – Voluntary retirement scheme and other perspectives on sustainability, Eamonn Farrell, ICOS
Presentation - Farm Carbon Footprinting and Reporting, David Kennedy, Bord Bia
Presentation – Dairy sustainability measures, David Graham, AHI
6. Food Vision Dairy Group – Interim Report 27 May 2022
Food Vision Dairy Group Interim Report
7. Final Report of Food Vision Dairy Group on Measures to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Dairy Sector
Food Vision Dairy Group Final Report
Genotyping Programme
Dairy Sector Producer Organisations
Guidance on setting up a Producer Organisation in the Dairy Sector
Dairy Producer Organisation Application Form
Register of Recognised Producer Organisations in the Dairy Sector
Dairy Calf to Beef Action Plan
Ten-Point Action Plan on supporting Dairy Calf to Beef Systems in Ireland
Presentation - Dr Nicky Byrne - Teagasc - Key Technologies to Deliver Profitable and Sustainable Dairy Beef Production
Brexit Certification
Guidance to FBOs Exporting Dairy Products to GB on TRACES-NT
