Lok Sabha Question No. 2349 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-21
Subject: Monitoring of Milk Manufacturing Companies
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal, Shankar Lalwani, Arvind Kumar Sharma

## Government of India

## Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Department of Consumer Affairs

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2349 (OIH)

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2022

## MONITORING OF MILK MANUFACTURING COMPANIES

2349.  DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL: SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI: (OIH) DR. ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA:

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- (a) whether the monitoring of milk manufacturing companies is conducted by the Government from time to time;
- (b) if so, the manner in which the manufacturing of milk is done by the milk manufacturing companies;
- (c) the reasons for very less production of milk in comparison to its demand in the country;
- (d) the details of advantages as well as disadvantages caused to human body on account of the manner in which milk is manufactured; and
- (e) the details of mechanism meant for monitoring milk manufacturing companies?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF STATE CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) & (b) : Section 31(1) of FSS Act, 2006 provides that no person shall commence or carry on any Food Business except under a license.

The standards of milk are specified  in  sub-regulation  2.1.2  of  Food  Safety  and  Standards  (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011. All Food Business Operators (FBOs) have to comply  with  the  prescribed  standards  as  specified  under  these  regulations.  Further,    (Food  Safety  & Standards  Authority  of  India)  FSSAI  has  comprehensively  specified  generic  and  specific  sanitation  and hygiene  practices  in  Schedule  4  of  Food  Safety  and  Standards  (Licensing  and  Registration  of  Food Businesses) Regulations, 2011 to be followed by Food Business Operators(FBOs) including FBOs engaged in manufacture, processing, storing and selling of milk and milk products.

Standards of different types of milk are prescribed under sub regulation 2.1 'Dairy Products and Analogues' of FSS (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011.

(c)  & (d) : India ranks first among the world's milk producing Nations since 1998 and has the largest bovine population in the World. Milk production in the country has increased from 146.3 million tonnes  in  2014-15  to  209.96  million  tonnes  in  2020-21  with  the  annual  Growth  Rate  of  6.21%.  Milk Production during 2021-22 is  221.06 Million Tonnes (Provisional).

Per capita availability of milk has increased from 322 grams in 2014-15 to 427 grams in 2020-21 showing a growth of 32.60%. Per capita availability of milk during 2021-22 is 444 gm/day (provisional).

Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying  is  implementing  following  Dairy  Development schemes to keep the pace to meet the demand of milk and milk products in the country:

- i) National programme for Dairy Development (NPDD);
2. ii) Dairy Processing & Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF);
3. iii)   Supporting Dairy Cooperatives & Farmer Producer Organisations engaged in dairy activities (SDCFPO);
4. iv)   Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF);
- v) Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM)

(e) : FSSAI has emphasized the need for creating a robust regulatory and administrative  mechanism  throughout  the  country  for  ensuring  availability  of  safe  food  throughout  the country.

As implementation and enforcement of Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, Rules and Regulations made thereunder primarily  lies  with  state/UT  Governments,  regular  surveillance,  monitoring,  inspection and  random  sampling  of  food  products  including  milk  and  milk  products  are  being  carried  out  by  the officials of Food Safety Departments of the respective states/ UTs to check compliance of the provisions laid down under Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 and the rules and regulations made thereunder. In cases  of  non-compliance  with  the  provisions  of  FSS  Act  2006,  rules  and  regulations  made  thereunder, penal action has been initiated against the defaulting FBOs as per the provisions of FSS Act 2006, rules and regulations made thereunder. Also there is network of food testing laboratories both under Public and Private  Sectors  recognized  by  FSSAI  for  testing  of  food  at  primary  &  appellate  levels  to  check  the parameters prescribed under FSS Act, 2006, rules and regulations made thereunder. FSSAI has prioritized inspection in accordance with Risk Based Inspection System (RBIS) hence states/UTs have been requested and advised to start carrying out inspections of FBOs premises based on their risk based classification of license/registration data. Milk  and milk products are categorized as high risk under the  RBIS. Moreover,  FSSAI  from  time  to  time  apprised  states/UTs  through  the  Central  Advisory  Committee Meetings, Video Conferencing and states visits to carry out targeted enforcement and surveillance drive to ensure safe food products including milk is made available in the market.

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