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World Milk Day to be marked
SocietyUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ At the initiative of the National Council for Dairy Industry Development, the World Milk Day will be marked in Mongolia under a slogan “Milk produced in Mongolia: Healthy foods and life guarantee”.
This year, the World Milk Day will be marked for the 16th time worldwide, while it is the first ever time in Mongolia. June 1 is set to raise public awareness of consumption of milk and dairy products, to promote the dairy industry and to stimulate cooperation in milk industry.
During the forthcoming event, milk companies will advertise their products.
World Milk Day was first celebrated in 2001 all across the world by the participation of many countries. The number of participating countries in the celebration is increasing year by year. Since then, it is celebrated every year focusing to publicize the activities related to the milk and milk industries all through the world. This celebration has been nationalized by organizing celebration related activities on national and international level. It is celebrated to increase the public awareness about the importance of milk and milk products for everyone throughout the whole life.
World Milk Day was first established to be celebrated every year on world level on 1st of June by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. It was selected on 1st of June as the national milk day was already being celebrated by many countries during this time.
