DAIRY NEWS Cheese will no more be Cheezzy : FSSAI amends regulation on analogues and testing of ghee purity
Fssai has finally notified the draft regulation to amend the FSS 2011 regulations for bringing in more clarity on standards for milk and milk products. Adulteration of ghee and use of dairy terms by the manufacturers of analogues imitating cheese, paneer and other fat rich dairy products became very common at the market place. The…
FSSAI and ASCI verifying immunity claims of food products launched during Covid
Dairy and food companies launched a large number of healthy products during the lock down period. There are three key elements of new product development namely health and nutrition, indulgence and convenience. Most of the companies focussed on health and nutrition while developing and launching their products. Also read Mother Dairy Launches Haldi Doodh Ayush ministry…
Shankar Chaudhary announced Rs 1144 crores hike in payment by Banas dairy to member farmers
Shankar Bhai Chaudhary chairman Banas dairy Palanpur announced 16.66% hike in payment to farmers amounting Rs 1144 crores . He was addressing the 52nd Annual general meeting of Banas milk producers Union. This difference will be distributed amongst existing 3.5 lakh milk producers of the Union. Currently they are pouring around 73 lakh litres per…
FSSAI’s standards of Paneer creates opportunity for differentiation
Covid times has taught us a lot about healthy and nutritious food. Consumers became more aware on their food selection and intake. The consumption of animal meat products reduced to very low level . It was because of the fact that Corona has emanated out of an animal. Social media has promoted the immunity boosting…
MD of Mehsana district milk Union suspended
Dudhsagar dairy board has taken a decision to suspend it’s Managing Director Mr Nitish Baxi with immediate effect. 600 MT of adulterated ghee caught from their Rajasthan based manufacturing facility. Dudhsagar manufactures milk and milk products under Amul and Sagar brands. The sample of ghee was first checked at Amulfed Gandhinagar plant . It contained 16% palm…
Now its the turn of milk processors to declare procurement holidays in Maharashtra
Maharashtra state saw a lot of agitations by various groups to get clarity on government’s policies to support dairy sector. The farmer groups stopped supplies of milk to the plant for a day earlier in this week. Now for the first time dairy processors are forced to take such action owing to dip in demand…
Milk quality testing is high in priority list of FSSAI : Arun Singhal CEO FSSAI
The Narendra Modi government plans to increase the quality checks on milk, edible oil, honey, meat and poultry. This was told to The print by FSSAI’s newCEO, Arun Singhal. It was his first media interaction . FSSAI will identify more food products that are susceptible to adulteration. It will also identify the hotspots where such…
Indo-US Limited trade deal may impact dairy farmers unlimitedly
US economy is struggling to cope with the effects of the pandemic and the trade war with China and Mexico. Trump government is trying to strike a limited trade deal with India to save face during their presidential elections. There has been a sharp decline in dairy prices in US following tariff barriers put up…
Margarine may be banned for the sake of dairy farmer: Gadkari wrote to PM Modi
Mr Nitin Gadkari minister Road and transport and MSME has appealed the Prime minister to ban sale of margarine in the country. Mr Gadkari wrote to the prime minister after Mr Kedar , dairy minister of Maharashtra made a similar request citing the harms of consuming margarine. Currently dairy farmers of Maharashtra are agitating against…
Blood coming in milk is responsible for 70% losses in milk production : IITR study
The steep rise in bovine mastitis, a disease in which blood gets mixed with milk, is responsible for nearly 70 per cent of the losses in milk production in India and also poses a significant public health risk, says a study. The situation will deteriorate if livestock farmers are not trained to detect the progression…