Milk Products

The Federation is introducing its dairy products at a discount to key competitors' products in a bid to gain a foothold in the new market

The regulator stated that the advisory dated August 21, 2024, issued regarding the subject cited, has been withdrawn for further consultation with stakeholders

Food safety regulator FSSAI on Monday withdrew its recent advisory wherein food businesses were directed to remove claims of 'A1' and 'A2' types of milk and milk products from packaging. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said the advisory has been withdrawn to carry out further consultations with stakeholders. It would imply that food business operators (FBOs) can continue to sell and market their products with claims of 'A1' and "A2' types of milk. A1 and A2 milk differ in their beta-casein protein composition, which varies based on cow breed. In a fresh advisory issued on Monday, the regulator said, "the advisory dated August 21, 2024...stands withdrawn for further consultation and engagement with the stakeholders". The FSSAI, in its advisory dated August 21, had asked FBOs to remove claims of 'A1 and A2 from their products. E-commerce platforms were also told to remove these claims from products and websites immediately. The regulator had said that the cl

Industry players supported the move, stating that it would lead to better transparency and accuracy in dairy product labelling

Food safety regulator FSSAI on Thursday directed food businesses, including e-commerce players, to remove claims of 'A1' and 'A2' types of milk and milk products from packaging, calling such labelling misleading. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said these claims do not conform with the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. In its latest order, FSSAI said it had examined the issue and found that A1 and A2 differentiation is linked to the structure of beta-casein protein in milk. However, current FSSAI regulations do not recognize this differentiation. "FBOs are instructed to remove such claims from their products," the regulator said, referring to food business operators. E-commerce platforms were also told to remove these claims from products and websites immediately. Companies have been given six months to exhaust pre-printed labels, with no further extensions to be granted. A1 and A2 milk differ in their beta-casein protein composition, which varies bas

India has not provided any tariff rate quota (TRQ) for the import of milk and its products since 2014-15, a senior commerce ministry official said on Monday. Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) Santosh Kumar Sarangi said that in the last 20 years, the import of milk and milk products like skimmed milk powder under TRQ have been affected only in three years. "No imports of milk and milk products under TRQ have been undertaken since 2014-15," he told reporters here. Post 2011-12, there has been no import of skimmed milk powder imports by utilising the TRQ route. The TRQ is a mechanism that allows imports of a set quantity of specific products at a lower customs duty. Tariff quotas are used on a wide range of products but most are in the agriculture sector. Cereals, meat, fruit and vegetables, and dairy products are the most common. He said that there are no applications for TRQ for these products pending as on date. Sarangi also rejected a news report stating that the Governme

For the first time, Amul fresh milk will be available outside India, with the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) launching four variants of milk in the US market within a week, to cater to Indian diaspora and Asian population. "We have been exporting dairy products for many decades. This is the first time we are launching fresh milk outside India," GCMMF MD Jayen Mehta told PTI. He said "the GCMMF has tied up with 108-year old cooperative organisation Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA) to launch fresh milk in the US market," The milk collection and processing will be done by MMPA, while GCMMF will do marketing and branding of Amul fresh milk. "Recipe will be ours. Within one week, Amul Taaza, Amul Gold, Amul Shakti and Amul Slim n Trim will be available in the US market," he said. Mehta said fresh milk will be available in New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Washington, Dallas and Texas among others. GCMMF will target non-resident Indians (NRIs) and the Asia

Mother Dairy will launch this summer 30 new products, mainly in ice cream and yoghurt categories, as it expects a 25-30 per cent increase in consumer demand, a top company official said. Mother Dairy, a leading milk supplier in Delhi-NCR, has nine company-owned dairy processing plants with a total capacity of more than 50 lakh litres per day. In an interview with PTI, Mother Dairy Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd MD Manish Bandlish said, "Summer is the most anticipated season for our business, especially for categories like ice creams, curd and beverages". "With the Indian Meteorological Department's (IMD) prediction of above-normal temperatures and a hot summer this year, we are expecting a multifold surge in demand for these categories," he added. Already, Bandlish said there is an uptick in sales of ice creams compared to the previous year. The company, he said, is fully prepared to match this growing demand and has invested up to Rs 50 crore to augment capacities to ensure adequa

Protestors alleged that the Congress government was withholding Rs 716 crore in dues and due to it the milk production in the state had come down

The Chennai-based company's profit after tax rose 23.6% to 574 million rupees ($6.91 million) in the three months ended December 31, its slowest since the 2023 March quarter

Mother Dairy, one of the leading suppliers of milk and milk products, on Tuesday announced the launch of buffalo milk variant in the Delhi-NCR market and is expecting to make this new segment Rs 500 crore brand by March next year. Mother Dairy supplies 35-36 lakh litres of milk per day in Delhi-NCR and 45-47 lakh litres per day across India. In Delhi-NCR, it sells milk in pouches and milk booths. In an interview with PTI on Tuesday, Mother Dairy Managing Director Manish Bandlish said, "We are launching buffalo milk at Rs 70 per litre. We are introducing this variant in Delhi-NCR." Mother Dairy will be supplying 50,000-75,000 litres of buffalo milk per day in Delhi-NCR. The milk will be available in the market from this week. "By March 2025, we aim to reach 2 lakh litres per day. We intend to make the buffalo variant a Rs 500 crore brand in one year. This segment is growing. There is a demand for high-fat milk," Bandlish said. The Mother Dairy MD said the company would launch the .

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has started a nationwide surveillance study on milk and milk products this month, in a bid to curb adulteration of such items, an official of the country's apex food regulator said on Monday. The exercise will continue till October, and the regulator is expected to submit its report to the health ministry by December, FSSAI Advisor (Quality Assurance) Satyen K Panda said. "The surveillance survey will cover 766 districts across the country and over 10,000 samples will be collected during the exercise. Two agencies have been engaged for the purpose," he told PTI. Quality Council of India, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and the National Dairy Development Board will conduct the survey for FSSAI, Panda said. "The scope for the survey includes milk, khoa, chenna, paneer, ghee, butter, curd, and ice cream. The test parameters are adulterants, normal quality and compositional parameters, contaminants

Owing to a fall in demand, the procurement price of milk has been cut by Rs 3-5 per litre in Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh

The entry of Amul in Karnataka is being seen as an attempt to trample upon KMF and its brand 'Nandini'

NCP chief and former agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Thursday opposed any government plan to import milk products such as butter and ghee, contending that it would impede the revival of the dairy sector. In a letter to Parshottam Rupala, the Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Pawar referred to media reports about the government's "intention" to import dairy products such as butter and ghee. "Any decision by the central government in this regard will be totally unacceptable because the import of these products will directly affect the income of the domestic milk producers," Pawar said. He said the dairy farmers have recently come out of the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis and such a decision will severely impede the sector's revival process. "My concern may please be heeded. I shall be happy if the matter is looked into and the ministry deters itself from taking any decision to import the milk products," Pawar said. Animal Husbandry and Dairy Secretary Rajesh

For the next six months, we will have a portfolio of various categories, says Manish Bandlish

Union Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah on Friday said two lakh primary dairies will be set up at village level across the country in three years, which will associate farmers with the white revolution, and make India a big exporter in the milk sector. He also complimented Prime Minister Narendra Modi for creating a separate Ministry of Cooperation and opening up the path of progress for India's farmers. "Soon after independence Indian farmers had demanded that the Cooperative Ministry should be separate from the Agriculture Ministry, if someone had worked on it then, today the situation of Indian farmers would have been different," Shah said. Addressing a gathering after inaugurating a mega dairy at Gejjalagere here, he said, "from this stage I want to tell all those associated with cooperatives across the country that no injustice will happen to them any more, this is the decision of the Government of India." Shah further said it has been decided to set up a primary dairy in ever

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Dairy companies have increased product prices several times this year. But the benefits don't seem to accrue. The question facing the dairy sector now is: When will these benefits start kicking in?

In milk, around 80 per cent of what consumers pay is passed on to the farmers in the form of procurement price