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Celebrating a Century of Milk Safety: U.S. Dairy Industry Standards

The Standard Milk Ordinance: A Century-Old Safety Net The Standard Milk Ordinance, with its 100-year history, stands as a significant beacon in the dairy industry’s commitment to quality, safety, and consumer health. Established in 1924, the ordinance has played an integral role in ensuring the safety of milk and dairy products, effectively reducing the risk…

Meet the founder: FaunaTech’s Rajat Pandya on the quantified cow…

As FaunaTech cofounder Sidhant Jena observed a couple of years ago, the parallels between human and animal diagnostics were brought into sharp relief in the early days of COVID-19. As governments and healthcare providers were frantically trying to set up the most efficient testing, tracing and isolation protocols to contain the spread of COVID-19, FaunaTech was applying…

Banas Dairy to launch initiative to improve dairying in Purvanchal

Banas Dairy, which will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his upcoming visit to Varanasi, aims to bring about the development of the dairy sector in Purvanchal (eastern UP). According to a press statement from Banas Dairy, the successes achieved by adopting scientific methods in animal husbandry in the semi-arid region of Banaskantha, Gujarat, need to be…

Gokul Dairy reduces milk purchase rate in Belagavi, Khanapur

Kolhapur Zilla Sahakari Dudh Utpadak Sangh, popularly known as Gokul Dairy in the neighbouring Kolhapur district of Maharashtra is facing tough competition from the Nandini brand of Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF). Amid this, the sudden decision to reduce the milk rate by the Gokul Dairy has caused the wrath of farmers, especially in border taluks of Karnataka. An…

India eyes ghee for blue cheese in UK trade deal

India is trying to pry open the UK market for ghee in exchange for bringing the latter’s blue cheese to the Indian market, under the proposed free trade pact being negotiated by the two countries, an official aware of the matter said. Trade negotiators have pressed the UK to waive its sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS)…

Madhya Pradesh govt to give Rs 5 per liter as milk subsidy

Madhya Pradesh govt will give Rs 5 per litre as incentive to milk producing farmers in the state. The amount will be transferred directly into their bank accounts. Govt will bear a cost of Rs 200 crore per year on this incentive. Officials said that the focus of the Mohan Yadav-led BJP govt in MP was to increase milk production, streamline…

ITC Foods says dairy and beverage segment to grow amid inflation relief

ITC Foods, the branded packaged foods business of ITC, anticipates a demand revival for the dairy and beverage sector in six to nine months, driven by a hot summer and a favourable dairy season. It recently prioritised leveraging digital technology to streamline its supply chain, ensure consistent product quality, comply with food regulations, and enhance…

PM Modi & Amit Shah to attend golden jubilee of GCMMF

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister for Home and Cooperation Amit Shah are scheduled to attend the golden jubilee celebrations of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) on February 22 in Ahmedabad. The celebrations are expected to be held at Narendra Modi Stadium at Motera near Ahmedabad. “It is a huge celebration. The event will…

Centre launches Rs 29,610cr scheme to spur growth in dairy sector

Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying Parshottam Rupala on Wednesday launched the Rs 29,610 crore realigned Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) Scheme. The minister said that the scheme which was started during the Covid period has been realigned and will be implemented for another 3 years. The industry, farmers producers organisations (FPOs)…