IT News
Imphal, Nov. 29
Terming the news report appeared in an Imphal based newspaper about the adulteration of milk apparently committed by some farmer members of the state as misleading, the Manipur Milk Producers Co-operative Union Ltd. Porompat today clarified that there is hardly any case of milk adulteration by the farmers of the Milk Union so far.
“The quality assurance of milk is to be checked by the Food Safety Department, Manipur and this news clip may be wrongly perceived by the stakeholders and general public which may cause panic and apprehension”, the clarification said.
It further said that the Manipur Milk Producers’ Co-operative Union Ltd. has been undertaking Quality Milk Programme under the nationwide launch of the Programme since July 26, 2019. The central Dairy plant , Porompat , which is being managed by the Manipur Milk Union is all set to detect any adulteration and common antibiotics residue in milk with installation of sophisticated electronic instrument.