Now its the turn of milk processors to declare procurement holidays in Maharashtra
Maharashtra state saw a lot of agitations by various groups to get clarity on government’s policies to support dairy sector. The farmer groups stopped supplies of milk to the plant for a day earlier i...Read More
Milk quality testing is high in priority list of FSSAI : Arun Singhal CEO FSSAI
The Narendra Modi government plans to increase the quality checks on milk, edible oil, honey, meat and poultry. This was told to The print by FSSAI’s newCEO, Arun Singhal. It was his first media inter...Read More
Indo-US Limited trade deal may impact dairy farmers unlimitedly
US economy is struggling to cope with the effects of the pandemic and the trade war with China and Mexico. Trump government is trying to strike a limited trade deal with India to save face during thei...Read More
Margarine may be banned for the sake of dairy farmer: Gadkari wrote to PM Modi
Mr Nitin Gadkari minister Road and transport and MSME has appealed the Prime minister to ban sale of margarine in the country. Mr Gadkari wrote to the prime minister after Mr Kedar , dairy minister of...Read More
Blood coming in milk is responsible for 70% losses in milk production : IITR study
The steep rise in bovine mastitis, a disease in which blood gets mixed with milk, is responsible for nearly 70 per cent of the losses in milk production in India and also poses a significant public he...Read More
FICCI organised a webinar on Development of Indian Dairy Sector
FICCI organised a webinar on ‘Development of Indian Dairy Sector’to capture the insights from dairy experts. Mr Atul Chaturvedi , Secy said that the dairy sector was facing a crisis before the onset o...Read More
Rampant adulteration of ghee in Dudhsagar dairy shows the dark shades of ghee business
FDCA teams from Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar have started collecting and testing ghee samples from Dudhsagar dairy , Mehsana. A letter from R S Sodhi , MD GCMMF to the board of dairy informed about this...Read More
Fake foods and food frauds is a new normal: Latest EUROPOL-INTERPOL Operation findings
The latest operation OPSON has siezed more than €100 million worth of potentially dangerous food and drinks . Intellectual Property Crime Coordinated Coalition and INTERPOL jointly coordinated this o...Read More
Shamalbhai Patel elected new chairman of GCMMF
Shamalbhai Patel is currently chairman of the Sabarkantha District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union. Mr Patel is unanimously elected as chairman of GCMMF. GCMMF is the apex marketing body of Amul br...Read More
DAIRY NEWS Is price subsidy the only option to support dairy
Dairy farmers in Maharashtra are again suffering from a milk price crisis . It is due to lower demand of milk and milk products and huge stocks for dairy commodities. Dairy farmers in the state are ag...Read More
Maharashtra farmers seek Rs 10/liter as milk subsidy
Covid-19 pandemic has forced the dairy processors to reduce milk prices at farmer’s level. This is either due to decline in demand of milk in the wake of lockdowns and curfew or due to huge piles of d...Read More
Amul stops dispatch of 600 MT of ghee packed in Mehsana Union plant at Rajasthan
GCMMF and Mehsana Dudhsagar Dairy will not be dispatching 600 MT of ghee to the market.This ghee has been produced at the Mehsana Doodhsagar dairy situated at Dudu , Rajasthan. Suspicion of high adult...Read More