Lok Sabha Question No. 1995 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: Milk Adulteration
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD, AJAY (TENI) MISRA, BHARAT SINGH, MOHANBHAI KALYANJIBHAI KUNDARIYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1995 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST DECEMBER, 2018

## MILK ADULTERATION

## 1995. DR. SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD: SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI: SHRI BHARAT SINGH: SHRI KUNDARIYA MOHAN BHAI KALYANJI BHAI:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether nearly half the milk sa p es tested by the food safety regulators have been found to be non - compliant in terms of the r quired standards;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and reasons therefor;
- (c) the number of cases of milk adulteration registered in the country and the action taken against them during the last three years, State/UT -wise;
- (d) whether Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has sought action taken reports from all the State Governments on matter of milk adulteration in the country and if so, thedetails thereof and the response of the State Government thereto; and
- (e) the corrective steps taken by the Government to provide quality milks to people in the country?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a)& (b) : Food  Safety  and  Standards  Authority  of  India  (FSSAI)  had  conducted  a Nationwide Qualitative Screening of milk samples for on - spot  qualitative  and  quantitative analysis of milk samples for quality parameters viz. FAT, Solids - Not- Fat ( SNF), added water, prot ein content and safety parameters viz. 13 adulterants, antibiotics, pesticides and M1 covering around 1100 towns across the country. A uniform protocol and precise sampli plan was followed with trained manpower and well equipped laboratory. Thi s su vey was intended to help in identification of hotspots and root cause analysis for the same; designing and operation of a framework for continuous monitoring of milk quality.

The Survey was conducted from May to November 2018, through M/s VI MTA Labs with a sample size of approx. 6000 samples for qualitative analysis and 1800 sample quantitative analysis. The interim report of National Milk Safety and Quality Survey has  been  released  on  13 th November,  2018  and  is  available  on  FSSAI  w ebsite  i.e. www.fssai.gov.in. As per the interim report, about 39% of milk samples were non -compliant with reference to quality parameters (fat, SNF, sugar and maltodextrin)  but were with safety issues.

Only 9.9% samples were found to be unsafe f or consumption. Thus, National Milk Safety and Quality Survey, 2018 broadly suggests that milk in India is largely safe .

(c)& (d): Implementation and enforcement of the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, 2006 primarily lies with State/UT Governments.

As per the information received from State /UT Governments, the number of mil samples analysed, found non - conforming to the prescribed standards and penal action taken against  concerned  Food  Business  Operators  (FBOs)  during  the  last  three  years  is A nnexure I,II and III .

(e): In  terms  of  Section  31  of  Food  Safety  and  Standards  (FSS)  Act,  2006,  no  Foo Business  shall  commence  or  carry  on  without  license/registration  under  FSS  Act,  20 Implementation and enforcement of FSS Act, 2006 primarily lies w ith State/UT Governments. Regular surveillance, monitoring and inspections are being carried out b Officials of Food Safety Departments of the respective States/UTs to check compliance o provisions laid down under FSS Act, 2006, and the rules and regulations made thereunder.

In  compliance  of  directions  given  by  the  Hon'ble  Supreme  Court  of  India  vide  its Order  dated  05.08.2016  in  the  matter  of  WP  (C)  No.159  of  2012  titled  as  Swam Achyutanand Tirth &Ors. V/s Union of India & Ors. pertaining to checking the menace of adulterated  milk,  FSSAI    has  advised  States/UTs  to  comply  with  the  direction  of  Hon'ble Supreme Court of India. Further, in order to make available good quality foodstuffs consumers and for keeping a check on the problems of f ood adulteration in the country, the state food authorities have been advised from time to time to keep a strict vigil by drawing food samples from all sources viz. manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers take strict action against the of fenders under the provisions of FSS Act, 2006. In cases where samples are found to be non - conforming,  penal  actions are initiated against the defaulti FBOs as per the provisions of FSS Act, 2006, and Rules and Regulations made thereunder.

## Annexure-I

| Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for Milk for the year 2015-16   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for Milk for the year 2015-16   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for Milk for the year 2015-16   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for Milk for the year 2015-16   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for Milk for the year 2015-16   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for Milk for the year 2015-16   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for Milk for the year 2015-16   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for Milk for the year 2015-16   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State                                                                   | No. of Samples Analyzed                                                 | No. of Samples found Adulterated/ Misbranded                            | No. of Cases Launched                                                   | No. of Cases Launched                                                   | No. of Convictions / Penalties                                          | No. of Convictions / Penalties                                          | No. of Convictions / Penalties                                          |
|                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         | Criminal                                                                | Civil                                                                   | ConvictionsPenalties                                                    | no.                                                                     | Penalties amount                                                        |
| A & N Islands                                                           | 9                                                                       | 4                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |                                                                         | 0                                                                       |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                          | 205                                                                     | 22                                                                      | 1                                                                       | 7                                                                       |                                                                         | 5                                                                       | 48500                                                                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                       | 21                                                                      | 1                                                                       |                                                                         | 1                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 1                                                                       | 2000                                                                    |
| Bihar                                                                   | 6                                                                       | 0                                                                       |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| Chandigarh                                                              | 18                                                                      | 3                                                                       |                                                                         | 3                                                                       |                                                                         |                                                                         | 500000                                                                  |
| Chhattisgarh                                                            | 15                                                                      | 2                                                                       |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| Dadra & N.H                                                             | 2                                                                       | 0                                                                       |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| Daman & Diu                                                             | 7                                                                       | 0                                                                       |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| Goa                                                                     | 24                                                                      | 0                                                                       |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| Gujarat                                                                 | 916                                                                     | 80                                                                      |                                                                         | 60                                                                      | 38                                                                      | 205                                                                     | 823156                                                                  |
| Haryana                                                                 | 160                                                                     | 21                                                                      |                                                                         | 28                                                                      |                                                                         | 11                                                                      | 222000                                                                  |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                        | 21                                                                      | 7                                                                       |                                                                         | 2                                                                       | 1                                                                       |                                                                         | 5000                                                                    |
| Jammu & Kashmir                                                         | 99                                                                      | 43                                                                      |                                                                         | 49                                                                      | 25                                                                      |                                                                         | 219700                                                                  |
| KKashKKashmir Kerala                                                    | 44                                                                      | 3                                                                       |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                          | 725                                                                     | 144                                                                     | 11                                                                      | 120                                                                     | 61                                                                      | 100                                                                     | 2878000                                                                 |
| Maharashtra                                                             | 1171                                                                    | 285                                                                     | 32                                                                      | 80                                                                      | 9                                                                       | 68                                                                      | 1503050                                                                 |
| Meghalaya                                                               | 7                                                                       | 5                                                                       |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| Odisha                                                                  | 14                                                                      | 5                                                                       | 0                                                                       |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| Puducherry                                                              | 58                                                                      | 0                                                                       |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| Punjab                                                                  | 1220                                                                    | 389                                                                     | 32                                                                      | 295                                                                     | 5                                                                       | 101                                                                     |                                                                         |
| Tamil Nadu                                                              | 106                                                                     | 34                                                                      |                                                                         | 16                                                                      | 9                                                                       | 9                                                                       | 63000                                                                   |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                           | 2787                                                                    | 1515                                                                    | 57                                                                      | 1224                                                                    | 397                                                                     | 763                                                                     | 21070200                                                                |
| Total                                                                   | 7635                                                                    | 2563                                                                    | 133                                                                     | 1885                                                                    | 545                                                                     | 1263                                                                    | Rs. 27334606                                                            |

Source:  States/UTs; Note:  Some  of  the  States/UTs have  shared  consolidated  data  and  not shared the data/complete data in respect of particular food category like Milk. Therefore, such States/UTs data is not reflected in the report.

## Annexure-II

| Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for Milk for the year 2016-17   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for Milk for the year 2016-17   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for Milk for the year 2016-17   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for Milk for the year 2016-17   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for Milk for the year 2016-17   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for Milk for the year 2016-17   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for Milk for the year 2016-17   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for Milk for the year 2016-17   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State                                                                   | No. of Sampl es Analyz ed                                               | No. of Samples found Adulterated/ Misbranded                            | No. of Cases Launched                                                   | No. of Cases Launched                                                   | No. of Convictions / Penalties                                          | No. of Convictions / Penalties                                          | No. of Convictions / Penalties                                          |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                          | 297                                                                     | 28                                                                      | Criminal 6                                                              | Civil 14                                                                | Convict ions                                                            | Penalties no. 9                                                         | Penalties amount 805000                                                 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                       | 15                                                                      |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| Assam                                                                   | 57                                                                      | 21                                                                      |                                                                         | 5                                                                       |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| Chandigarh                                                              | 4                                                                       | 1                                                                       |                                                                         | 1                                                                       |                                                                         |                                                                         | 15000                                                                   |
| Delhi                                                                   | 8                                                                       | 1                                                                       |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| Goa                                                                     | 102                                                                     | 2                                                                       |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| Haryana                                                                 | 147                                                                     | 43                                                                      | 2                                                                       | 27                                                                      |                                                                         | 6                                                                       | 55100                                                                   |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                        | 18                                                                      | 2                                                                       |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         | 1                                                                       | 30000                                                                   |
| Jammu & Kashmir                                                         | 518                                                                     | 84                                                                      |                                                                         | 189                                                                     |                                                                         | 76                                                                      |                                                                         |
| Kerala                                                                  | 49                                                                      | 5                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 1                                                                       |                                                                         |                                                                         | 35000                                                                   |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                          | 524                                                                     | 86                                                                      | 14                                                                      | 66                                                                      | 33                                                                      | 67                                                                      | 347500                                                                  |
| Kashmir Maharashtra                                                     | 1817                                                                    | 359                                                                     | 3                                                                       | 293                                                                     | 108                                                                     |                                                                         | 1216763                                                                 |
| Manipur                                                                 | 24                                                                      | 0                                                                       |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| Odisha                                                                  | 25                                                                      | 8                                                                       |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| Puducherry                                                              | 73                                                                      | 55                                                                      |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| Punjab                                                                  | 999                                                                     | 199                                                                     | 5                                                                       | 243                                                                     |                                                                         |                                                                         | 52602                                                                   |
| Rajasthan                                                               | 342                                                                     | 36                                                                      | 10                                                                      | 7                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 3                                                                       | 4500                                                                    |
| Tamil Nadu                                                              | 152                                                                     | 56                                                                      | 0                                                                       | 51                                                                      | 35                                                                      | 38                                                                      | 309500                                                                  |
| Telangana                                                               | 70                                                                      | 11                                                                      | 0                                                                       | 10                                                                      |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                           | 2468                                                                    | 1306                                                                    | 19                                                                      | 1138                                                                    | 364                                                                     | 776                                                                     | 18894950                                                                |
| West Bengal                                                             | 8                                                                       | 4                                                                       |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| Total                                                                   | 7717                                                                    | 2307                                                                    | 59                                                                      | 2045                                                                    | 540                                                                     | 976                                                                     | Rs. 21765915                                                            |

Source:  States/UTs; Note:  Some  of  the  States/UTs  have  shared  consolidated  data  and  not shared the data/complete data in respect of particular food category like Milk. Therefore, such States/UTs data is not reflected in the report.

ANNEXURE - III

| State           | No. of Samples Analyzed   | No. of Samples found Adulterated/ Misbranded   | No. of Cases Launched   | No. of Cases Launched   | No. of Convictions / Penalties   | No. of Convictions / Penalties   | No. of Convictions / Penalties   |
|-----------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|                 |                           |                                                | Criminal                | Civil                   | Convictions                      | Penalties/ no.                   | Penalties amount                 |
| A & N Islands   | 76                        | 44                                             | -                       | -                       | -                                | -                                | -                                |
| Andhra Pradesh  | 171                       | 18                                             | 03                      | 09                      | 09                               | 07                               | 285000                           |
| Arunachal       | 12                        |                                                |                         |                         |                                  |                                  |                                  |
| Pradesh Assam   | 63                        | 08                                             | 0                       | 03                      | 02                               | 02                               | 12,000                           |
| Bihar           | 125                       |                                                |                         |                         |                                  |                                  |                                  |
| Chandigarh      | 10                        | 03                                             | 0                       | 02                      | -                                | -                                | 10,000                           |
| Chhattisgarh    | 41                        | 12                                             | 0                       | 03                      |                                  | 01                               | 15,000                           |
| Dadra & N.H     | 21                        |                                                |                         |                         |                                  |                                  |                                  |
| Daman & Diu     | 03                        |                                                |                         |                         |                                  |                                  |                                  |
| Goa             | 119                       | 0                                              |                         |                         |                                  |                                  |                                  |
| Gujarat         | 548                       | 75                                             | 02                      | 43                      | 42                               | 42                               | 11,28,500                        |
| Haryana         | 123                       | 21                                             | -                       | 25                      | -                                | 31                               | 2,65,500                         |
| Himachal        | 08                        | 03                                             | 01                      | 01                      | 0                                | 02                               | 45,000                           |
| Pradesh Jammu & | 518                       | 228                                            |                         | 220                     | 82                               | 149                              | 8,78,400                         |
| Kashmir         |                           |                                                |                         |                         |                                  |                                  |                                  |
| Jharkhand       | 07                        | 04                                             |                         |                         |                                  |                                  |                                  |
| Kerala          | 153                       | 15                                             |                         | 16                      | 7                                | 8                                | 1,57,000                         |
| Maharashtra     | 2,030                     | 311                                            | 0                       | 145                     | 20                               | 49                               | 5,60,000                         |
| Manipur         | 102                       | 26                                             |                         |                         |                                  |                                  |                                  |
| Meghalaya       | 25                        |                                                |                         |                         |                                  |                                  |                                  |
| Nagaland        | 24                        | 18                                             |                         |                         |                                  |                                  |                                  |
| Odisha          | 08                        | 03                                             |                         |                         |                                  |                                  |                                  |
| Puducherry      | 164                       |                                                |                         |                         |                                  |                                  |                                  |
| Punjab          | 1420                      | 485                                            | 01                      | 175                     | 02                               | 112                              | 6,24,150                         |
| Rajasthan       | 559                       | 85                                             | 19                      | 25                      | 0                                | 23                               | 38,000                           |
| Tamil Nadu      | 393                       | 101                                            | 07                      | 63                      | 64                               | 65                               | 4,19,000                         |
| Tripura         | 08                        | 02                                             |                         |                         |                                  |                                  |                                  |
| Uttar Pradesh   | 5,042                     | 2,631                                          | 05                      | 2,000                   | 778                              | 1,078                            | 2,59, 65,000                     |
| Uttarakhand     | 214                       | 50                                             |                         |                         |                                  |                                  |                                  |
| West Bengal     | 11                        | 07                                             |                         |                         |                                  |                                  |                                  |
| Total           | 11,998                    | 4150                                           | 38                      | 2730                    | 1006                             | 1569                             | 3,04,02,550                      |

Source:  States/UTs; Note:  Some  of  the  States/UTs  have  shared  consolidated  data  and  not shared the data/complete data in respect of particular food category like Milk. Therefore, such States/UTs data is not reflected in the report

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