There is a question mark over the quality and standard
of the milk sold in the city. Authorities are checking out complaints
received from the public over the sale of adulterated milk.
J.Suguna,
Designated Officer for Food Safety, Madurai district, told The Hindu on
Friday that raids would be carried out at milk manufacturing and
selling points across the city.
“Private dairies,
retail suppliers and those who are selling milk packets under different
brand names will have to follow Food Safety Standards. There are quality
norms governing the production and distribution of branded as well as
unbranded milk, and Food Safety Inspectors will start inspection from
Monday,” she said.
Milk samples will be collected and
sent to the Food Analysis Laboratory to check for the presence of toxic
chemicals, additives, starch and whiteners, apart from high levels of
water.
Ms.Suguna said Food Safety Wing officials
recently caught a popular bakery in Kochadai selling bread and other
bakery items past their expiry date.
Eateries,
restaurants and other food outlets have been asked to obtain mandatory
certification by February 2014, she pointed out.
“So
far, we have issued 1,800 licences and about 7,000 registration
certificates. Nearly 9,000 food business operators are yet to get food
safety clearance from us,” Dr.Suguna said.
Source:http://www.thehindu.com
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