PANJIM: None of the milk samples tested by the Directorate of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in a surprise check on tankers bringing milk into the State, were found to be adulterated.
To ensure that the State receives certified quality milk from outside the State, inspectors of the FDA randomly swooped down on tankers carrying milk into the State and check the milk for urea, hydrogen peroxide, sugar, synthetic milk and starch.
“The FDA conducted a special survey on the quality of milk brought into the State of Goa by milk tankers from neighbouring states on June 22. The FDA inspectors conducted spot tests on the milk, for the presence of adulterants and none of the adulterants were detected,” Director of FDA Salim Veljee said in a statement.
The inspectors had detained three milk tankers for checking milk samples – one from Siddarth Milk Dairy carrying 8,100 litres of milk, another from Yashwant Dudh Prakaiya, Sangli carrying 13,000 litres of milk and a third from Sri Mahakali Milk Dairy Belgaum tanker carrying 10,000 litres of milk.
Goa largely depends on milk from neighbouring states with even the State’s main dairy Goa Dairy and others bringing in milk from outside to meet the demand.
The FDA is also cracking down on hookah parlours operating in eateries especially in the coastal belt.
“These hookah parlours in the garb of fruit based hookah products are pushing products containing tobacco and the nicotine content... which are not claimed on the product labels, thereby misleading the public as well as the authorities,” Veljee said.
The Director of FDA has asked all food business operators to obtain a food safety registration or licensing under the new Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
“The last date for switching over to the new registration or licensing system is July 31, 2012. With effect from August 2012, every such delayed application shall carry a delayed late fee penalty of Rs 100 per day,” he said.
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