Anxiety gripped a section of consumers who noticed that milk sachets with the brand name, Nandini, marketed by Karnataka Co-operative Milk Producers Federation Limited (KMF), were being supplied without due packaging dates for the past two days in Belagavi.
KMF’s unit in the city, Belagavi District Co-operative Milk Producers Societies’ Union Limited, has been supplying milk sachets with dates stamped on them. However, some of the consumers noticed that the sachets carried no date on Monday and Tuesday, and suddenly became apprehensive of its quality, thanks to reports in the social media about adulterated milk, using certain oils and chemical compounds, being sold in the market.
Taking cognisance of the matter, senior officials in the district administration immediately instructed the authorities concerned to check and take action if there was any foul play.
Technical snag
When asked, J.R. Manneri, Managing Director of KMF Union, Belagavi, admitted about the lapse stating that the stamping/printing machine developed a major technical snag two days ago. Therefore, the milk sachets carried no packaging dates. The dealers had been already informed about it but there seemed to be communication gap as far as consumers were concerned.
Help from Chennai
Technicians from Chennai had already rushed to the unit and taken up repairs. Hopefully, the faults would be set right by Wednesday or Thursday and the system of stamping packaging dates on the milk sachets would be restored.
He allayed apprehensions of the consumers saying that there was no need for worry about the quality of Nandini milk being supplied through the dealers.
