Milma too fails in quality test

Milma too failed the quality test in some districts in the quality examination conducted by the dairy development department prior to Onam. In the samples collected from Kollam, Pathanamthitta and Thrissur district, it was found that these samples lacked quality as prescribed by the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act.The milk distributed by some private dairy units in southern districts also lacked quality. But no harmful ingredients were found. As per rule, in the toned milk there must be 3 % fat and 8.5 % non-fatty particles. In double toned, this is 1.5 and 9 respectively. If the value is below the level, that milk is considered poor quality.The dairy development board conducted the examination from September 1. In the samples of double toned milk collected from Kollam district on September 1,2,3 it was found that the non-fatty items were 8.7%.
Samples of milma toned and double toned milk collected from Pathanamthitta on September 2 and 4 were of poor quality. But the samples collected on September 1 were good. In Thrissur district only one sample showed poor quality and samples from other districts were good. But among the samples of 33 other private dairy units collected from Thiruvananthapuram, 20 lacked quality. The milma samples from Thriuvanathapuram were good. In Pathanamthitta, of the 31 private dairy samples, 26 lacked quality and in Kollam 12 from 18 lacked quality. In other districts things were good. The examinations were conducted as per the direction of food safety commissioner.

Source: mathrubhumi.com