26% milk & dairy product samples adulterated in city
For the last three years, the state food safety laboratory has found more than 26% of the milk and milk product samples supplied by the unorganised sector in the city, posing serious threats to public health. A senior official of the State Public Health Laboratory on Tuesday told TOI the reason behind most of the […]
FSSAI asks states, UTs to deploy mobile testing vans
Food regulator FSSAI has asked states and Union Territories to deploy mobile testing vans to check quality of milk and milk products considering higher demand during upcoming Holi festival. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said in a statement that it has “directed states/UTs to deploy Food Safety on Wheels (FSW) mobile […]
Milk inflation at a 7.5-year high, prices are lower in the south
Earlier this week, Mother Dairy hiked the price of full cream milk by ₹1. This means a litre of milk will now cost ₹64. This was the fourth hike in price this year by the leading milk supplier in New Delhi. A month ago, the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, which sells milk under the […]
HC tells website to pull down article creating ‘fear psychosis’ against Amul milk products
The Delhi High Court has directed website ditchdairy.in to pull down an article that sought to target the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which manufactures and distributes well-known dairy brand Amul. GCMMF had alleged that the article intended to create “bias, fear psychosis and prejudice” in the minds of the public against milk and milk […]
