NDDB says FSSAI is being aligned to global standards

The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) today said the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) standards for dairy products are mostly aligned to global standard of Codex Alimentarius.
"We have almost aligned to Codex standard and now waiting for new regulations before we can tune it further," NDDB chairman T Nanda Kumar said here today at the 43rd Dairy Industry Conference.
Codex Alimentarius is the international standard followed by international dairy industry.
Kumar said penetration of standards of depends on level of organised channelisation of milk into processing.
"The share of organised sector in handling of liquid milk is about one-third. In the context of consumers concerns about food safety, the share of organised sector needs to be doubled," he said.

NDDB expects a rise of six million tonnes of milk in production in FY 15 compared to 138 million tonnes milk produced in 2013-14.
Kumar said in order to increase livestock productivity the board was taking various measures including artificial insemination.
He said milk collection through cooperatives is one of the lowest in the country and was keen to assist the West Bengal government in development of dairy industry.