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Baby milk should have plain packaging in hospitals, CMA says
Baby milk formula should have plain packaging in hospitals, the regulator has said following a probe into the market. Baby milk brands often provide hospitals with formula below cost, because once parents start using a brand, they tend to stick with it. In addition, parents should be allowed to buy baby milk formula using loyalty … Read more
Glass of milk a day cuts bowel cancer risk – study
Getty Images A large UK study has found further evidence that people with more calcium in their diet – equivalent to a glass of milk a day – can help reduce their risk of bowel cancer. The researchers analysed the diets of more than half a million women over 16 years and found dark leafy … Read more
Speculation rife about milk price, as KMF seeks hike
While the Karnataka Milk Federation has been under pressure from farmers to seek price rise for sometime now, discussion to increase the price by ₹5 per litre is under way. | Photo Credit: File photo Speculation is rife over a possible rise in the price of Nandini milk marketed by Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF). While the … Read more
Leicester: NHS apology after baby given wrong breast milk
Supplied Milo weighed just less than 2lbs (0.9kg) when he was born A hospital trust has apologised to the parents of a baby who was given another mother’s breast milk after being born prematurely. Melissa and Callum say they were “let down repeatedly” during their son Milo’s treatment at Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI) and Leicester … Read more
Karnataka Cabinet clears proposal to increase Nandini milk price by₹3 a litre
Nandini toned milk sold at ₹39 per litre, will now be sold at ₹42. File photo | Photo Credit: SRIRAM MA The Karnataka Cabinet that met on July 27 is learnt to have cleared the proposal by Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) to hike selling prices of its “Nandini” milk by ₹3 a litre. The … Read more
Bengaluru’s second human milk bank to start at Gosha Hospital from next week
The donors will be mothers from the hospital. The milk will be provided free of cost to sick and preterm babies at the hospital. | Photo Credit: Representational file photo Soon, preterm and low-birth-weight babies at the State-run Hajee Sir Ismail Sait (HSIS) Gosha Hospital can get supportive breast milk free of cost. The hospital’s … Read more
Kitchen staples pinch on weather, disease woes
Pune: Prices of essential kitchen staples are on the rise as erratic weather, incidence of disease in cattle, and crop damages caused by unseasonal rainfall have impacted production, insiders said. Prices of sugar, milk, jeera and dhaniya have all increased in the last week while prices of pulses like tur, urad and chana remained firm … Read more
Allow dairy dept. to check milk quality at check-posts: Chinchurani
Minister for Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development J. Chinchurani on Wednesday told the Assembly that a request had been submitted to the State government to give powers to Dairy Development department officials also to check the quality of milk brought in from other States. Currently, only the Food Safety department officials have powers to carry … Read more
Little evidence to support health claims made on formula milk
Researchers say claims the milk helps support brain and nervous system development are unfounded. Source link