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…
FICCI organised a webinar on Development of Indian Dairy Sector
FICCI organised a webinar on ‘Development of Indian Dairy Sector’to capture the insights from dairy experts. Mr Atul Chaturvedi , Secy said that the dairy sector was facing a crisis before the onset of the pandemic. However, the industry was able to turn the COVID crisis into an opportunity. There was an improvement in supply of milk substantially…
Rampant adulteration of ghee in Dudhsagar dairy shows the dark shades of ghee business
FDCA teams from Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar have started collecting and testing ghee samples from Dudhsagar dairy , Mehsana. A letter from R S Sodhi , MD GCMMF to the board of dairy informed about this rampant adulteration in ghee. This letter asked to stop dispatch of 600 MT of ghee worth Rs 40 Crore ….
Fake foods and food frauds is a new normal: Latest EUROPOL-INTERPOL Operation findings
The latest operation OPSON has siezed more than €100 million worth of potentially dangerous food and drinks . Intellectual Property Crime Coordinated Coalition and INTERPOL jointly coordinated this operation. So far a total of 672 individuals were arrested in this operation. Still with investigations ongoing in many countries. Police, customs, national food regulatory authorities and private…
Shamalbhai Patel elected new chairman of GCMMF
Shamalbhai Patel is currently chairman of the Sabarkantha District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union. Mr Patel is unanimously elected as chairman of GCMMF. GCMMF is the apex marketing body of Amul brand. GCMMF is the marketing body of the ‘Amul’ brand of milk and other dairy products. Valamji Humbal is chairman of the Kutch District Co- operative Milk…
DAIRY NEWS Is price subsidy the only option to support dairy
Dairy farmers in Maharashtra are again suffering from a milk price crisis . It is due to lower demand of milk and milk products and huge stocks for dairy commodities. Dairy farmers in the state are agitating by dumping milk on roads and blocking supply of milk to the cities. Similar corrections in milk prices…
Maharashtra farmers seek Rs 10/liter as milk subsidy
Covid-19 pandemic has forced the dairy processors to reduce milk prices at farmer’s level. This is either due to decline in demand of milk in the wake of lockdowns and curfew or due to huge piles of dairy stocks. In some parts of the Maharashtra state the milk prices have almost halved since Feb 2020….
Amul stops dispatch of 600 MT of ghee packed in Mehsana Union plant at Rajasthan
GCMMF and Mehsana Dudhsagar Dairy will not be dispatching 600 MT of ghee to the market.This ghee has been produced at the Mehsana Doodhsagar dairy situated at Dudu , Rajasthan. Suspicion of high adulteration in this ghee has led to this decision. Also read this dairy news: Amul’s group turnover crosses USD 7 Billion Last month…
Milk procurement prices again getting slashed in Karnataka : Unions seeking more price subsidy
Karnataka Milk Federation has created history in procuring more than 90 lakh litres of milk per day. During Covid-19 , the federation has seen a sharp decline in demand of its milk and milk products. KMF interestingly is a amongst the few federations who have been giving price subsidy to dairy farmers since a long…