NEW DELHI : On the personal intervention of the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, the Government of India (GoI) has finally approved the long pending proposal of state government to allow parity in the fat standards of cow milk in Punjab with other states across the country thus bringing it down from 4% to 3.5% as permitted in rest of India by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
Taking part in the deliberations,Nadda informed the Chief Minister that the issue related to bringing the prescribed fat standards of cow milk in Punjab, Haryana and UT Chandigarh at par with other states of the country has been cleared by the task force group on milk and milk products constituted by the FSSAI.
The Union Minister further said the final notification in this regard would be issued by the Ministry of Health, GoI within two months after getting green signal from the World Trade Organization (WTO) as it was mandatory under the prescribed rules & regulations for the Ministry to seek its nod prior issuing a notification.
The Chief Minister said that this path breaking decision would go a long way in giving a major boost to the Dairy sector and offer a level playing field to the dairy farmers in the state.
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