Milk and dairy products are rich in nutrients and an essential part of people's diets. Hopefully measures will be considered to ensure stable consumption, in order to support the dairy industry in Japan.
Demand for milk has fallen in the food service industry and elsewhere due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
There were also concerns that a surplus of about 5,000 tons of raw milk would go to waste because schools, which serve milk at lunch, closed for their winter break during the year-end and New Year holiday season. School lunches account for about 10% of total milk consumption in the nation.
