Milk price subsidy in India: Whose benefit ?
This video is part of our annual Round table during the Dairy industry expo at Pune on Oct 12, 2019. It talks about the prevailing milk subsidy by the cooperative sector and questions its benefit to the private sector. Due to such subsidies, the level playing field gets disturbed in the country. It becomes more…
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…
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…