This week, two experts from Croatia, Dr Ivan Jakopovic and Ruzica Gelo visited Albania to gather information on systems and controls for milk production and testing. 

Dr Jakopovic was responsible for developing Croatia’s national milk programme and presented information to the Albanian authorities (MBZHR, AKU, AKVMB, ISUV) on policy measures and elements required to develop a system for improving the quality of raw milk in accordance with the EU acquis.

Throughout the week the experts also had meetings with the various institutions and visited a dairy farm, milk collection point and milk processing establishments.