Fire breaks out at Manmul dairy at Gejjalagere
A fire broke out at the dairy of Mandya District Co-operative Milk Producers Society’s Union Limited, popularly known as Manmul, at Gejjalagere in Maddur taluk of Mandya district on Sunday. Fire tenders rushed to the spot to douse the fire, which broke out in the packaging unit of Manmul. No casualties were reported as the…
UP Govt to Invest Rs 31 Cr To Enhance Dairy Sector in Next 5 Months
The Chief Minister Progressive Animal Husbandry Incentive Scheme provides incentives to progressive cow herders with indigenous breeds, ranging from Rs 10,000 to 15,000, through DBT. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh embarked on a mission aimed at improving cattle breeds, boosting milk production, and increasing the population of indigenous cow breeds. the government…
Godrej Agrovet ropes in Jimmy Shergill to endorse cattle feed
Godrej Agrovet Limited (GAVL), a leading player in the animal feed industry, yesterday launched its new campaign. Featuring Bollywood actor Jimmy Shergill, the campaign aims to raise awareness around the importance of quality cattle feed from a trusted brand like Godrej. Being one of the first BIS certified companies for cattle feed products in India,…
Protein binders cannot be added to milk, products : FSSAI
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Thursday clarified that addition of protein binders in milk and milk products is not permitted. Additives not specified in the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulation, 2011, cannot be added, a release said. Sources said this clarification comes at a…
NDDB plans to develop dairy value chain in Ladakh
National Dairy Development Board chairman Dr Meenesh Shah has said that the NDDB intends to develop a dairy value chain in Ladakh that would provide profitable returns to the producers from milk business. He was speaking at the inauguration of the newly refurbished dairy plant of Ladakh Dairy Cooperative Federation in Leh on Wednesday. Dr…
Dodla dairy stock jumps 7% in a weak market; here’s why
Shares of Dodla Dairy jumped 7 percent to Rs 726 per share on the BSE on October 4 after the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Orgafeed, started a new manufacturing cattle feed plant at Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh. The S&P BSE Sensex was down 364 points or 0.5 percent to 65,147 levels, as of 11:00 am. On a year-to-date (YTD)…
FIR against Prasad supplier over duplicate Amul ghee labels
The FIR comes in the wake of Food and Drug Control Administration finding that the prasad served by Mohini caterers at the Ambaji temple in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district had failed to meet the required quality standards Sabarkantha District Milk Producers Union Ltd, commonly referred to as Sabar Dairy, has filed a first information report (FIR)…
AniMeta AgriTech improves the dairy farming community
Listed among seven in-revenue start-ups in agriculture and allied livelihoods under Cisco and Social Alpha’s Krishi Mangal second edition cohort, AniMeta AgriTech was selected due to its unique appeal. Cisco’s Krishi Mangal is a scale-up accelerator program which supports agritech start-ups to design solutions for and support smallholder farmers and was launched in 2021. AniMeta…
Amul to buy Sri Lankan dairy farms?
Plans are afoot to sell Milco, Highland and 31 dairy farms owned by the National Livestock Development Board (NLDB) to India’s Amul Diary Company, NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said. He said Cabinet approval has already been granted to sell Milco while another Cabinet Paper has been finalised to sell off ‘Highland’ to India’s Amul…
Aavin directed to submit action plan on recycling used milk sachets
The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed milk major Aavin, to file an action plan to handle empty milk sachets and recycle them, as per the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulation. During an inspection by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), following a direction by the NGT, it was found that…