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…
Ukrainian dairy farmers risk their lives keep producing milk
In short: Ukrainian dairy farmers are struggling to keep producing milk amid the Russian invasion. Up to 200,000 cows have been killed, half the industry has been lost, and some farmers have been drafted into the army. What’s next? Farmers are determined to forge on and keep the industry going. Warning: This article contains images some readers may find…
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…
Infant is a little bit of heaven sent down to earth-Lets save them
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) recently approved amendments to food safety regulations, eliminating the need for Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) or Agmark certifications for food products. The move aligns with the “One Nation, One Commodity, One Regulator” concept, streamlining certification processes for food businesses and fostering a more business-friendly environment….
The dairy industry’s fight for the ‘milk’ label continues
Beverages are displayed neatly side-by-side with each other in grocery stores across the country. And while a whole section may say milk, a good chunk of the inventory has no dairy inside. That “milk” label on a growing variety of plant-based beverages has been on the minds of dairy advocates since the ’70s as they…
DAIRY NEWS Price of farm produce, milk, poultry may surge if in Delhi NCR
The sealing of Delhi’s borders with neighbouring Haryana and Uttar Pradesh in view of farmers’ march hasn’t impacted the supply of fresh vegetables, milk, and poultry produce in the city for now but may cause a hike in their prices if the agitation continues, vendors said on Wednesday. Longer routes being taken by the truckers…