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In
1949, Australian Co-operative Foods limited
(then known as The Dairy Farmers Co-operative Milk
Co. Ltd) announced its intention to convert raw
milk into pasteurised and packaged milk in
Canberra. They took over the milk treatment depot
from The Canberra Dairy Society, situated at 2
Mildura Street, Fyshwick, a building that still
stands today and is now used for the engineering
workshop and boiler house. A new factory built
alongside this commenced bottling pasteurised milk
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In
1960 the Bega Co-operative Society built a
plant at 8 Mildura Steet, Fyshwick for processing
and packaging raw milk from Bega valley
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In
1971 The Milk Authority of the ACT was
established and an enquiry in 1974 recommended
that Dairy Farmers be the sole processor, Bega the
sole wholesale distributor to commercial outlets,
Home vendors be restricted to household deliveries
and that tenders be sought for raw milk. This
rationalisation began on the 7th of September
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In
1985 Bega established Capitol Chilled Foods
to distribute fresh milk and dairy products from a
warehouse at No. 8 Mildura Street, Fyshwick. In
1994 Dairy Farmers upgraded it's factory to the
modern production and distribution centre it is
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In
1997, the joint venture company now known
as Capitol Chilled Foods (Australia) Pty Ltd was
created between Bega Co-operative Society and
Dairy Farmers (then known as Australian
Co-operative Foods). The aim of this business was
to establish an efficient and economical
processing and distribution business for fresh
milk and other chilled products in the ACT and
southern NSW. | |
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