On the directive of the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI), the district health department collected samples of milk from different localities of State capital on Monday. The move is aimed at checking the level of adulteration in the milk across the country. The FSSAI has chosen 100 cities of the country from where samples of milk were collected simultaneously for National Milk Survey-2016. In Uttarakhand this drive was undertaken in Dehradun and Haridwar districts.
The District Food safety officer, Anoj Thapliyal said that the eleven samples of milk were collected from four different categories. He said that these categories are organised sector where milk is sold in poly bags, dairy farms, shops selling open milk and mobile street vendors. Thapliyal said that the laboratory of Anchal dairy located at Raipur road was selected as nodal lab for the survey. The samples would be checked for fat content, SNP, presence of non milk adulterants like detergent, hydrogen per oxide, boric acid, urea, starch and ammonium sulphate.
The officials of health department collected eight samples from Haridwar district. The National Milk Survey is important as numerous complaints of adulteration ranging from water to urea are received. The Supreme Court has also taken cognisance of these complaints and ordered the authorities to undertake stern action on these adulterators.
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