Millions in cheese revenue lost as protest torpedoes Italy’s buffalo mozzarella output
The blockade has left about 1 million liters of buffalo milk stranded and forced several dairies to close, the consortium said.
- A truck drivers’ protest in southern Italy over soaring diesel prices linked to the Iran war has brought buffalo mozzarella production to a standstill, causing estimated losses of €3 million in just 24 hours.
- The weeklong strike has disrupted the transportation of buffalo milk to dairies and prevented finished cheese from reaching retailers and customers, creating widespread supply-chain problems.
- Mozzarella producers are facing serious difficulties because regulations require buffalo milk to be processed into cheese within 60 hours, leaving farmers with limited options for storing surplus milk.
- The disruption has forced several dairies to close temporarily, while some farmers have resorted to feeding unused milk to their animals because they cannot deliver it to processing facilities.
- Italy’s government, led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, has increased tax credits for truckers and farmers to €540 million to help offset rising costs, but it remains uncertain whether the measures will end the protests and restore production.
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The Italian transporter protest, which lasts about a week, paralyzed the production of the famous mozzarella bivolita in the south of the country, after road blocks prevented the delivery of milk to cheese factories. Farmers no longer have anywhere to store fresh milk, and some processing units had to suspend their activity. The crisis also affects the supply of supermarkets and gas stations.
Say cheese? Not in Italy, where a truckers’ strike has brought mozzarella production to a halt
A truckers’ protest in southern Italy has halted the production of the famed buffalo mozzarella, causing an estimated loss of 3 million euros in just 24 hours as the milk cannot reach dairies in the Naples region and the finished cheese cannot reach customers, an official said. The weeklong strike by truck drivers over the high cost of diesel driven up by the Iran war has also blocked deliveries of other basic goods to supermarkets and left gas …
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A truckers’ protest halts the production of Italy’s famed buffalo mozzarella
A truckers' protest in southern Italy has halted the production of buffalo mozzarella, causing an estimated 3 million-euro loss in just 24 hours. The milk can't reach dairies in the Naples region, and the finished cheese can't reach customers. The weeklong strike by truck drivers over high diesel costs, driven up by the Iran war, has also blocked deliveries of other goods and left gas pumps empty. The disruption is particularly damaging to buffa…
Due to the truck protests, the production of the famous cheese stopped, resulting in a loss of 3 million euros in a single day.
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