CANADA – Saputo has said that it is to close its cheese division in Ontario and move some of the production to a plant in Quebec.

The firm, which is based in Montreal, said that the move is part of a revaluation of the company’s Canadian facilities after the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruled that Canada was subsidising its dairy exports.

The news comes in the same week that dairy farmers in New York State said that they want Canada to pay for selling milk in New York. They claim that the WTO ruling has made little difference in the USA and called on consumers to only buy dairy products from the USA.