Milk Marketing Board

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The Milk Marketing Board was a former British statutory body responsible for regulating and promoting the dairy industry and milk consumption in the United Kingdom.

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Milk Marketing Board canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf marketing board
statutory corporation
appliesToDemographic British dairy farmers
UK consumers
appliesToProduct dairy products
liquid milk
appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction England
Scotland
Wales
country United Kingdom
dissolved 1994
fieldOfWork agricultural marketing
price support
public health promotion
follows Agricultural Marketing Act 1933
hasEffect influenced UK milk consumption patterns
reduced price volatility in milk market
stabilised dairy farmers’ incomes
hasMainTask promotion of milk consumption
regulation of milk supply
stabilisation of milk prices
support of dairy farmers
hasPolicy guaranteed outlet for farmers’ milk
national milk price structure
pooling of milk revenues
headquartersLocation Surrey
Thames Ditton
inception 1933
industry dairy industry
milk marketing
milk production
jurisdiction Great Britain
legalForm statutory body
locatedInTimeZone British Summer Time
Greenwich Mean Time
operatedDuring Second World War
linked to: World War II

post-war period
ownedBy UK government
reasonForDissolution European Union competition rules
deregulation of the UK dairy market
regulates milk distribution
milk marketing practices
milk prices paid to farmers
replacedBy Milk Marque
successor private dairy companies
slogan Drinka pinta milka day

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Milk Cup sponsor Milk Marketing Board
Milk Cup titleSponsor Milk Marketing Board
Football League Cup 1983–84 sponsoredBy Milk Marketing Board