LUDHIANA: To check the adulteration of milk and milk products in the district, the dairy development board is organising several camps, under the Mission Tandrust Punjab, in Ludhiana. The dairy development board organised 18 different camps in different parts of Ludhiana district between June 5 and June 14, 2018, where 550 milk samples were checked out of which 210 failed.
While providing information, deputy director at dairy development board Dilbagh Singh Hans said, “The department organised eight village-level and two block-level awareness camps for public and during these camps, a total of 550 samples were collected, out of which 340 samples passed while 210 samples failed. 10 to 30% water was also found in milk.
Hans also said a block-level camp was organised at Purain village in which more than 120 people were educated about dairy farming. Similarly, several free milk testing camps were organised in different wards and villages of Ludhiana.
Deputy director appealed to the public that if they have any information about adulteration of milk or its products, they should immediately bring it to the notice of the department. He added that the department also visits various schools, where students are educated about the ways to check adulteration of milk. The experts from Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, as well as from the dairy development department educate the participants about milk and milk products in detail. These experts educate the public about Food Safety Act, dairy farming as well as about various schemes of Punjab government.
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