Curbing Milk Adulteration

In compliance of orders of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India dated 05.08.2016 in the case Writ Petition (Civil) No.159 of 2012 titled 'Swami Achyutanand Tirth&Ors. v/s Union of India & Others pertaining to checking the menace of adulterated milk, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has advised States/Union Territories (UTs) to comply with the directions of Hon'ble Supreme Court of India. In response, nine States/UTs viz. Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Dadra & Nagar Heveli and Tamil Nadu have so far submitted their Action Taken Report (ATR) on the orders of Hon'ble Supreme Court of India to FSSAI.

To look into the issue of milk adulteration, State/District level Steering Committee has been constituted in some States such as Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka. Further, States/UTs have instructed their officers to ensure the effective enforcement and implementation of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 and Rules and Regulations made thereunder and to conduct Information Education and Communication (IEC) activities about milk adulteration etc.

As per the information available from State/UT Governments, the details of samples of milk collected, tested, found not conforming and action taken during last three years are given below:

Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for Milk for the year 2014-15State Total No. of Samples Received No. of Samples Analyzed No. of Samples found Adult. & Misbranded No. of Cases Launched No. of Convictions / Penalties Criminal Civil Convictions Penalties no. penalties amount Andhra Pradesh 271 271 25 6 4 177000Arunachal Pradesh 27 21 4 4 2 Assam 94 94 17 6 5 2 Bihar 33 12 Chandigarh 13 13 2 2 Chhattisgarh 95 95 37 Daman & Diu Samples are analyzed at Public Food Laboratory, GujaratGoa 34 28 Gujarat 1110 1117 97 0 51 2 18 244000Himachal Pradesh 42 37 39 3 1 1000Jammu & Kashmir (till Dec'14) 165 173 54 57 42 233100Jharkhand 22 17 1 1 1 Karnataka 287 279 40 Kerala 100 96 4 Madhya Pradesh 983 948 282 21 170 58 58 Maharashtra 2024 1620 421 22 103 33 1034000Meghalaya 1 1 Nagaland 1 1 Odisha 72 72 15 Puducherry 50 50 Punjab 1350 1329 434 250 18 Tamil Nadu 165 158 36 1 28 26 472500Telangana 57 57 6 6 3 25000Tripura 8 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil NilUttarakhand 207 160 45 Total 7211 6649 1559 307 434 185 78 2186600

Source: States/UTs.

Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for Milk for the year 2015-16State Total No. of Samples Received No. of Samples Analyzed No. of Samples found Adult. & Misbranded No. of Cases Launched No. of Convictions / Penalties Criminal Civil Convictions Penalties no. penalties amountA & N Islands 9 9 4 0 0 0 0Andhra Pradesh 205 205 22 1 7 5 48500Arunachal Pradesh 21 21 1 1 0 1 2000Bihar 7 6 0 Chandigarh 18 18 3 3 500000Chhattisgarh 15 15 2 Dadra & N.H 2 2 0 Daman & Diu 7 7 0 Goa 22 24 0 Gujarat 925 916 80 60 38 205 823156Haryana 160 160 21 28 11 222000Himachal Pradesh 15 21 7 2 1 5000Jammu & Kashmir (till Sep' 15) 118 99 43 49 25 219700Kerala 45 44 3 Madhya Pradesh 726 725 144 11 120 61 100 2878000Maharashtra 1203 1171 285 32 80 9 68 1503050Meghalaya (till Sep' 15) 10 7 5 Odisha 14 14 5 0 Puducherry 58 58 0 Punjab 1717 1220 389 32 295 5 101 Tamil Nadu 110 106 34 16 9 9 63000Uttar Pradesh 3459 2787 1515 57 1224 397 763 21070200Total 8866 7635 2563 133 1885 545 1263 27334606

Source: States/UTs.

Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for Milk for the year 2016-17State Total No. of Samples Received No. of Samples Analyzed No. of Samples found Adult. & Misbranded No. of Cases Launched No. of Convictions / Penalties Criminal Civil Convictions Penalties no. penalties amountArunachal Pradesh 15 15 Assam 57 57 21 5 Chandigarh 4 4 1 1 Rs.15000Delhi 8 8 1 Goa 89 102 2 Haryana 147 147 43 2 27 6 Rs. 55100Himachal Pradesh 21 18 2 1 Rs. 30000Madhya Pradesh 563 524 86 14 66 33 67 Rs. 347500Manipur 24 24 0 Puducherry 73 73 55 Punjab 1000 999 199 5 243 Rs. 52602Tamil Nadu 181 152 56 0 51 35 38 Rs. 309500Total 2182 2123 466 21 393 68 112 Rs. 809702

Source: States/UTs;

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