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70.99% of loose milk packets in Maharashtra do not comply to stds: CGSI
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Friday, 06 March, 2020, 16 : 00 PM [IST]
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Our Bureau, Mumbai
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Some 70.99% of loose milk packets in Maharashtra do not comply with FSSAI standard specifications, according to a recent research and analysis conducted by Consumer Guidance Society of India (CGSI). A total of 413 samples were tested by CGSI over a period of January to December 2019.
Milk adulteration has been made a non-bailable offence in the state of Maharashtra, in spite of that a huge percentage of milk samples tested were found to be below the minimum standards set up by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). In short, they were adulterated, according to a press release issued by CGSI recently.
Out of the total samples, 73 samples were branded ones and 340 were loose unbranded samples. Only 87 samples of the total comply with FSSAI standard specifications which come upto 21%. Amongst the branded milk samples also only 15% are FSSAI standard specified, the rest of the lot does not specify to the standards and amongst the loose unbranded samples only 22% comply to FSSAI standard specifications.
Commenting on the research, Dr Sitaram Dixit, chairman, CGSI, stated, “Milk forms an essential portion for all concerned and it needs to be complying with FSSAI standards. According to the research conducted last year, the contamination has increased by 5% according to CGSI.”
To curb the nuisance of rampant milk adulteration, the Government of Maharashtra had made adulteration of milk a non-bailable offence, but this does not seem to have had any effect on the adulterators and the traders.
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FSSAI
– Milk Standards - Maharashtra
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Minimum
%
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Class
of Milk
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Description
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Milk
Fat
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Milk
Solids Not Fat
(S
N F)
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Cow
Milk
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Raw,
pasteurised, boiled, flavoured and sterilised
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3.2
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8.3
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Buffalo
Milk
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Raw,
pasteurised, boiled, flavoured, sterilised
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6.0
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9.0
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Goat
or Sheep Milk
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Raw,
pasteurised, boiled, flavoured and sterilised
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3.5
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9.0
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Camel
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Raw,
pasteurized, boiled, flavoured and sterilised
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2.0
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6.0
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Mixed
Milk
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Raw,
pasteurised, boiled, flavoured and sterilised
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4.5
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8.5
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Standardised
Milk
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Pasteurised,
flavoured and sterilised
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4.5
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8.5
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Recombined
Milk
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Pasteurised,
flavoured and sterilised
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3.0
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8.5
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Toned
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Pasteurised,
flavoured and sterilised
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3.0
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8.5
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Double
Toned
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Pasteurised,
flavoured and sterilised
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1.5
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9.0
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Skimmed
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Raw,
pasteurised, boiled, flavoured and sterilised
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Not
more than 0.5
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8.7
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Full
Cream Milk
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Pasteurised
and sterilised
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6.0
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9.0
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If
class of milk is not indicated then the standards of mixed milk
shall apply
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Samples
Tested by CGSI (Jan-Dec 2019)
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Total
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%
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Total
Milk Samples
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413
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100
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Branded
Packing
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73
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18
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Loose
/ Unbranded Packing
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340
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82
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Samples
complying to FSSAI standard specifications
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87
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21
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Samples
not complying - FSSAI standard specifications
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326
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79
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Total
Milk Samples (Branded Packing)
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73
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100
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Samples
complying to FSSAI standard specifications
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11
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15
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Samples
not complying - FSSAI standard specifications
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62
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85
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Total
Milk Samples (Loose / Unbranded Packing)
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340
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100
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Samples
complying to FSSAI standard specifications
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76
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22
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Samples
not complying - FSSAI standard specifications
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264
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78
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