Baby milk should have plain packaging in hospitals, CMA says

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

Speculation rife about milk price, as KMF seeks hike

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cruising through the milk ocean with women at the helm

Cruising through the milk ocean with women at the helm

Products of Visakha Dairy on display at a sales counter at the plant in Visakhapatnam. From just fresh milk, the dairy’s product portfolio has expanded over the years. | Photo Credit: K.R Deepak What began as a modest cooperative venture, within a span of just eight years, has turned into the world’s largest dairy firm … Read more