date:Mar 06, 2014
s, as well as a government-orchestrated industry consolidation that resolved to avoid food safety lapses.
The number of dairy farms in China dropped by 15 percent to 2.2 million from 2008 to 2011, the research found. The proportion of backyard mom-and-pop milking stations was slashed from 70 percent of all farms to fewer than 50 percent in 2013.
The efforts to limit smaller dairy farms stemmed in part from the 2008 melamine scandal that killed at least six babies and sickened thousands more.