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BMC to test milk at octroi nakas before it enters Mumbai

To keep in check the adulteration, the BMC is going to set up laboratories at octroi nakas, where milk samples will be checked.

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To ensure the supply of unadulterated milk to the citizens, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to test the milk at the city’s entry points. To keep in check the adulteration, the BMC is going to set up laboratories at octroi nakas, where milk samples will be checked.

Sena corporator Kamalakar Naik has moved the demand through notice of motion at the civic general body meeting.

Though the government has a dairy and its own supply machinery, the dairy could not meet the needs of the city and there are private players who also supply milk to the city. There are five major private milk suppliers. “Many a times the milk mafia injects contaminated water in the packets before entering the city. So there should be a system to check the milk before it enters the city,” Naik said. “It does not mean that the companies are supplying adulterated milk,” he added.

“There should be some system to check the milk at the city’s entry points. So the BMC is thinking of setting up a milk testing laboratory at the octroi nakas, which are city’s entry points,” Naik said.

Mahananda Dairy is a major supplier. Average requirement of the city is about 12 to 14 lakh litres per day. Mahananda supplies about 5 lakh litres per day.

Vinayak Patil, chairman, Mahananad Dairy said, “Our milk is pure and natural. We also have machinery to test our milk at the source. There might be adulteration in the tanker and some anti-social elements may also inject water in the pouches at various slums in the city,” Patil said.

“If the BMC is going to set such laboratories, it will be helpful and we are ready to co-operate,” Patil added.

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