District Collector Bheem Singh has directed officials to feed the ‘Devbhog UHT Processed flavoured toned milk’ only after ensuring about the quality of milk.
He asked the trained officials of Woman and Child Development Department to check the milk quality and then only give it to children.
Notably, State Government's Women and Child Development Department is distributing sweetened flavoured milk to children of age group 3-6 years, enrolled at Aanganbadi centres of the State under Mukhyamantri Amrut Yojana.
Under this scheme, each child is provided 100 ml of milk every week.
Officials informed that a few days back a workshop was also held in this connection wherein experts had informed that packets of flavoured milk should be kept at normal temperature in a dry and clean place, away from insects and mice.
The Aanganbadi assistants and workers have been instructed to taste the milk for checking its quality before serving it to children.
In case, children complain of vomiting, headache, stomach pain and dysentery after consuming milk, they should be rushed to nearby Primary Health Centre immediately.
It was informed during the workshop that milk should not be served from the packets with leakage or spilt milk. Milk should also not be served to the children allergic to milk.
Milk should be consumed within 1-2 hours of opening the packet and it should not be boiled and it should not be consumed after ninety days from date of manufacturing.
The milk distributed under the scheme is UHT milk that is completely sterilized.