Worried over rising number of complaints on use of oxytocin hormonal injection on dairy cattle, Dehradun district magistrate SA Murugesan asked the officers of the police, food safety, veterinary and diary departments to form a committee for jointly conducting physical inspection of the operational dairies and examining whether there is much substance in the complaints. DM gave the instruction while presiding over a district level food safety committee meeting here on Friday.
He directed the dairy department officers to examine food materials being brought from outside the district and also to collect samples for ensuring quality of the dairy products. He directed the food safety department officers to launch drives in view of the approaching Holi festive to ensure that the quality of such products is maintained. DM again asked the Municipal Corporation and the district veterinary department officers to catch the stray animals in the city.
Among others present at the meeting were SSP Nivedita Kukreti, SP Traffic lokeshwar Singh, SP City Pradeep Rai and chief medical officer Dr Y S Thapliyal.