Is your milk safe? Know about coliform bacteria that is allegedly being linked to packaged milk?Is your milk safety under the scanner? Recently, milk pouches were found to have coliform levels 98 times higher than FSSAI’s prescribed li...
13 Feb, 2026, 03.13 PM IST
Hack of the day: How to identify fake or adulterated milk at homeHack of the day: Learn simple, effective at-home tests to identify fake or adulterated milk in India without lab equipment. These include t...
09 Feb, 2026, 04.57 PM IST
Best baby laundry detergent for chemical free and gentle cleaningWhen it comes to choosing the best detergent for newborns, toddlers and infants it is important to make an informed purchase. Some importan...
10 Mar, 2024, 09.02 PM IST
Milk in India largely safe, quality issue persist: FSSAIThe study, found that, little less than 10 per cent samples (638) had contaminants.
13 Nov, 2018, 04.04 PM IST
Is the milk you are having safe? Here's what you need to knowTwo out of every three Indians drink milk adulterated with detergent, caustic soda, urea and paint.
08 Oct, 2018, 03.07 PM IST
Milk production up 6.6% at 176.35 million tonne in 2017-18Milk production in the country is 165.4 million tonnes during 2016-17 and 176.35 million tonnes during 2017-18, said MoS for Agriculture Kr...
27 Jul, 2018, 12.12 PM IST
Over 68% of milk in India does not conform to standardsOver 68 per cent of milk in country does not conform to standards laid down by food regulator and most common adulterant found in it is det...
16 Mar, 2016, 02.53 PM IST
Is your milk safe to drink? Containing contamination in milkNow a cheap milk testing kit has been developed by the Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL) in Mysuru, which is a part of the gigantic D...
06 Mar, 2016, 10.45 AM IST
Detergent, frozen fat found in Mother Dairy milk: FDADetergent and frozen fat have been found by the Kolkata-based Central Laboratory during re-tests of milk samples collected by district FDA ...
12 Aug, 2015, 11.02 PM IST
Food safety regulator issues countrywide alert on milk, water & edible oil packsFSSAI has asked all food safety commissioners to "increase surveillance activities" with a special focus on packaged products.
23 Jun, 2015, 10.31 AM IST
Mother Dairy moves swiftly to check ‘detergent’ damageMilk goes through several levels of testing before it enters the system, said S Nagarajan, managing director.
18 Jun, 2015, 03.05 AM IST
Mother Dairy denies allegation of detergent in milk, sends sample for retestMother Dairy today denied allegations that detergent was found in one of the samples of milk picked up from its collection centres.
17 Jun, 2015, 03.17 PM IST
Detergent found in Mother Dairy milk sample, company denies chargeFSDA in Agra has found presence of detergent in milk samples of Mother Dairy, which is owned by National Dairy Development Board of India
17 Jun, 2015, 10.07 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh FDA finds detergent in Mother Dairy milk sample"Results showed that the samples were sub-standard and one of the two contained detergent," UP FDA official in Agra, Ram Naresh Yadav said.
16 Jun, 2015, 10.51 PM IST
Over 685 milk samples fail quality test, says governmentIn a nationwide survey on milk adulteration by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), 68.4 per cent of the samples lifted fr...
12 May, 2015, 07.34 PM IST
Government should promote ICAR tech to detect detergent in milkThe government's Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has developed a new colour-based test for rapid detection of detergent in m...
04 May, 2015, 07.54 PM IST
- State steps in to arrest milk adulteration
The massive crackdown on adulterated milk in Maharashtra last month prompted the state government to make protein-testing mandatory for dai...
24 Sep, 2009, 12.44 AM IST