Even as a flood of private dairying firms have started supplying milk across Chhattisgarh’s towns and cities of late, the Chhattisgarh State Cooperative Milk Federation have commenced a ‘Milk Purity Test Campaign’ to test purity and quality of the milk consumed by the general public in Raipur city.
Under this campaign, a camp was held at Kabeer Nagar in the city on Friday.During the camp, 85 samples of milk were tested, out of which only 29 samples met the required standards while remaining were found to be of sub standard nature.The team members of Milk Purity Test Campaign, constituted for testing the quality of milk, went door-to-door to collect milk samples, officials of Chhattisgarh State Cooperative Milk Federation informed.
The officials stated that a considerable difference in price of milk was found in Kabeer Nagar area of Raipur. It was found that people of the locality have been buying milk at price range of Rs25 to Rs54 per litre.The officials further informed that less number of people turned up to the camp in Kabeer Nagar to witness the process of milk purity test.They said that this campaign is being conducted to create awareness among consumers.
‘If they witness the process of purity test in person, they will know better about the actual quality of the milk they are consuming’, they stated.The quality of milk sold at Rs50 per litre was found to be only 60 per cent, the officials said, adding, under this campaign, next milk purity camp will be held in front of Raipur Railway Station on Saturday (September 27).