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Milk Legislation
Milk Legislation
Prepared by:
Dr Alpesh P. Suthar
M.V.Sc (Veterinary Public Health)
Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology
Vanbandhu College of Veterinary Science & A. H, NAU,
Navsari
IMPORTANCE
- Health protection
- Promotion of sales and fair trade
- Guarantee for purity
- Development of Quality Assurance System
- Ultimate development of an industry by management
- Providing guidance to the consumers regarding
purchase of products
i.e. Purchases made by them give value for their
money, health and safety
Various Legislations….
National Level International Level
PFA Act (1954)and Codex Alimentarius
Rules(1955) FAO/WHO
Bureau of Indian
International Dairy
Federation (IDF)
Standards(BIS, 1986)
American Public Health
Milk and milk Products Association (APHA)
Order (MMPO,1992) International Commission
AGMARK (Agricultural on Microbiological
marking) Specification for Foods
(ICMSF)
Prevention of Food Adulteration
PFA Act (1954) and Rules (1955)
Come under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Govt. of
India), operated through Central Committee for Food Standards
(CCFS)
Prescribes minimum standards and various other provisions to
prevent adulteration of foods.
Areas of activities: Adulteration, preservatives, Colourant,
labeling, toxins and chemical contaminants
Four Regional Central laboratories established for analysis of
food, investigations of standards for food
Mysore (South)
Pune (Western)
Ghaziabad (North)
Kolkata (Eastern)
Bureau of Indian Standards
(BIS, 1986)
Good <200000
Fair 200000-1 million
Poor 1million-5million
Very poor >5million
Pasteurized milk
S.P.C = <30,000/ml
Coliform = absent in 1:10 dil
Milk and Milk Products Order
(MMPO,1992)
Regional
S.N
Characteristics All India
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Winter Summer