UP FDA discovers detergent in Mother Dairy milk

The Maggi ban has triggered a chain of shocking revelation after another. The latest being the Uttar Pradesh Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finding detergent in a Mother Dairy's milk packets.

"Results showed that the samples were sub-standard and one of the two contained detergent," Ram Naresh Yadav, an UP FDA official in Agra told a PTI reporter.

The samples were collected from Mother Dairy's collection centers in Bah in November 2014. "The samples were first sent to Lucknow and later to Kolkata on the demand of the company," Yadav said.

Mother Dairy has denied any adulteration of milk from its end.

Sandeep Ghosh, Head, Milk, Fruits and Vegetables Section at Mother Dairy in Delhi said, "Mother Dairy milk undergoes four levels of thorough testing at various levels -- input, processing, dispatches and even at market level."

"For any such adulteration, the milk is immediately rejected from further action," he added.

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