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HC asks Govt to lift samples of Khyber, Kanwal, Avon once in week 2/25/2014 11:25:52 PM ET Report SRINAGAR, Feb 25: High Court has directed authorities to lift samples of Khyber at-least once in a week to ensure that it is prevented from selling the spurious and synthetic milk to the consumers. Hearing a Public Interest Litigation, a division bench of the court comprising Justice Hasnain Massodi and Tashi Rabstan also directed authorities to lift samples of Kanwal and Avon food companies' to desist them from adding prohibited colouring agents to the food items. In all the, the division bench issued five directions to comply and file the compliance report to the court. "Authorities are directed to lift samples from the tuned milk, skimmed milk, full fat milk or any other type of milk under whatever name marketed and curd marketed by M/S Khyber Agro Milk Farms, at least once in a week and to forward the samples, so taken to laboratory within the State as also to the Referral Laboratory at Pune or any other such laboratory as identified by Food Authority and to produce the analysis report of the samples so lifted before the Court." The court also directed the authorities to lift the samples from the food items marketed by M/S Avon and Kanwal Foods at random at least once in two weeks forward the samples to Notified Laboratory within the State as also to Referral Laboratory for analysis and produce the results, analysis report before the Court. The court further directed authorities to lift samples from tuned milk, skimmed milk, full fat milk or any other type of milk under whatever name marketed by other companies and curd at-least once in two weeks and forward the same so lifted to a notified Laboratory within the State and Referral laboratory for analysis and produce the results before the court. "Authorities are directed to launch prosecution against the manufacturers, dealers, distributors wherever required in light of the analysis reports," the court said, adding, "authorities are directed to inform the Court whether prosecution against M/S Khyber Agro Milk Farms Ltd and has been launched after the receipt of analysis reports mentioned in order dated 23rd December 2013 and status of such prosecution." Court directed authorities to file the compliance report by next date of hearing, posted this week.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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