South Korea: Amidst reduction on military milk meal, dairy industry backlash survival threat

Controversy over ‘abolition of the quota system’ by the Ministry of National Defense Giving soldiers options such as soy milk The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs will shrink the dairy industry when introducing a competition system to convey “opinion” Soymilk that uses foreign soybean ingredients 'doesn't help' for the health of military personnel The dairy industry is protesting as the Ministry of National Defense is considering abolishing the milk quota for military meals. The Ministry of National Defense recently confirmed that “there was a discussion on the abolition of the milk quota system at a meeting of the ‘Committee on Improvement of Living Conditions for Soldiers under the Civil-Private-Military Joint Committee’ as an agenda item.” Currently, the amount of white milk allocated to military personnel is 393 per person per year (1.2 per day). Abolition of the milk quota system and allowing soldiers to freely choose between white milk, processed milk, ...