SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday distanced himself from
the controversy of adulterated milk and said he would not talk on the
issue till milk samples were independently verified.
“I won’t talk on this issue till milk samples are independently verified and see whether these samples are adulterated or tampered,” Abdullah told reporters on the sidelines of passing out parade of the CRPF candidates at Humhama Training Centre here.
Chief Minister said the inquiry was going on and facts would be shared with the public.
However, he said the government would not endanger the lives of people and would not allow entering of sub-standard food products into the market.
Chief Minister was reacting to the reports that Kashmir's top food brands Kanwal and Khyber are facing accusation of selling substandard and adulterated food items leveled by the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC).
However, these companies have denied the charges and claimed that few officials of the SMC were maligning their companies.
“Till date, the company has not been informed by any authority with regard to collection and analysis of samples of milk contents,” said the Khyber’s public clarification.
It said the company had reasons to believe that “officials of the food safety department are in collusion with competitors of our products”.
The company said it was seeking complete information from the food safety department “to ascertain the genesis of false propaganda against the company and its products”.
Another major brand, Kanwal also refuted the SMC allegation of using banned colouring agents like Carmoisine and Tartrazine in its funnel product.
“I won’t talk on this issue till milk samples are independently verified and see whether these samples are adulterated or tampered,” Abdullah told reporters on the sidelines of passing out parade of the CRPF candidates at Humhama Training Centre here.
Chief Minister said the inquiry was going on and facts would be shared with the public.
However, he said the government would not endanger the lives of people and would not allow entering of sub-standard food products into the market.
Chief Minister was reacting to the reports that Kashmir's top food brands Kanwal and Khyber are facing accusation of selling substandard and adulterated food items leveled by the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC).
However, these companies have denied the charges and claimed that few officials of the SMC were maligning their companies.
“Till date, the company has not been informed by any authority with regard to collection and analysis of samples of milk contents,” said the Khyber’s public clarification.
It said the company had reasons to believe that “officials of the food safety department are in collusion with competitors of our products”.
The company said it was seeking complete information from the food safety department “to ascertain the genesis of false propaganda against the company and its products”.
Another major brand, Kanwal also refuted the SMC allegation of using banned colouring agents like Carmoisine and Tartrazine in its funnel product.
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