Milk shortage ends, flush season dawns

PONDA: With the 'flush season' in milk production commencing on Monday, milk supply to Goa has been restored giving a respite to local consumers.
"As the recent report by Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has clarified that Goa Dairy's milk has no adulteration, the demand for the dairy's milk has increased," said Sadanand Kulkarni, managing director (MD), Goa Dairy.
In the past month, Goa had faced an acute shortage of milk due to a prolonged lean season of milk.
Normally, April to November is a lean season for milk production, while December to March is called flush season. Last year, the lean season continued up to December. It resulted in a shortage of about 6,000 litres of milk on an average per day.
Goa's milk consumption per day is 1.25 lakh litres. But, the dairy was able to procure only 70-75,000 litres per day during the lean season, stated Kulkarni. As the flush season began on Monday, the dairy has been getting a daily supply of 74,000 litres from Maharashtra and 51,000 litres from Goan dairy farmers.
Goa Dairy is the only dairy supplying milk in a large quantity in the state. The dairy strictly follows standards.
"If any adulteration is found, the dairy returns the entire tanker. As a result, the central organization did not find any adulteration in the milk produced in Goa," the managing director said.