Anxiety has gripped a section of consumers in Belagavi who noticed that milk packets with brand name “Nandini” marketed by the Karnataka Cooperative Milk Producers Federation Limited (KMF) were being supplied without due packaging dates since two days.
The KMF’s unit in the city, Belagavi District Cooperative Milk Producers Societies’ Union Limited, has been supplying milk packets with dates stamped on them. However, some of the consumers noticed that the packets carried no date yesterday and on Tuesday and suddenly became apprehensive of its quality, thanks to reports in social media about the manufacturing of adulterated milk using certain oils and chemical compounds.
Taking cognisance of the matter, senior officials in the district administration immediately instructed the authorities to check and take action if there was any foul-play.
Technical snag
J.R. Manneri, Managing Director of KMF Union, Belagavi, admitted to the lapse stating that the stamping/printing machine had developed a technical snag two days ago. Therefore, the packets did not carry the packaging dates. The dealers had been already informed about it but there seemed to be a communication gap with the consumers.
Technicians had already rushed to the unit and taken up repairs. The faults would be set right by tomorrow or Thursday and the system of stamping the packaging dates on the milk packets would be restored, he said.
He allied apprehensions of consumers by saying that there was no need to worry about the quality of Nandini milk being supplied through its dealers.
