Speaking in London at the 19th annual Dairy Industry Newsletter conference, European Commission official Tom Tynan said that the Commission would have to look seriously at intervention volume limits and stores over coming days because the volumes of product (especially skim milk powder) going in at the moment are extraordinary. He said: “When I saw the figure of 22,000t of skim milk powder going into intervention last week, I was amazed. We thought figures of 12,000t and 14,000t were strong, but 22,000t was unbelievable. The intervention ceiling will be reached within two weeks at that sort of pace.”