With food safety regulator FSSAI setting new standards for camel milk, dairy major GCMMF, which sells products under the Amul brand, on Friday said it will launch camel milk in the next three months.
Amul will first start selling camel milk in Ahmedabad and will later launch in other cities.
“We operationised standards for camel milk today. We took two years to come out with standards. The standards will help better marketing of camel milk in cities,” Food Safety and Standards Authority (FSSAI) Chairman Pawan Agarwal said at an exhibition organised by NGOs ‘Sahjeevan’ and ‘Foundation for Ecological Security’ here.
This will also help create awareness about the health benefits of camel milk, he added.
Aggarwal assured that it would take possible measures if any fine tuning is required in the standards going forward.
Speaking on the occasion, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation’s (GCMMF) Marketing Manager Hardeep Banga said that the cooperatiave will launch camel milk in 500 ml bottle in the next three months.
“Now, the plant is ready in Kutch. We are going to market camel milk in the next three months. Initially, it is will be sold in Ahmedabad through Amul booths in 500 ml bottle,” he said, adding that the camel milk would later be marketed in Delhi and Mumbai.