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April 05, 2002

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFIES MILK AND MILK PRODUCT ORDER

The Union Government has notified amendments to the Milk and Milk Product Order (MMPO), 1992 making it more liberal and to facilitate dairy development in the country. The salient features of the new amendments are:

The provision of assigning milkshed has been done away with.
The registrations under MMPO-92 will now cover sanitary, hygienic condition, quality and food safety.
The provision of inspection of dairy plant has been made flexible.
The provision to grant registration in 90 days has been reduced to 45 days.
The power of registration of State registering Authority has been raised from one Lakh Litre Per Day ( LLPD) to two LLPD.
The provision of food safety and quality has been made applicable for the business handling less than 10,000 LPD (Litre Per Day) also.

Government had promulgated MMPO-1992 under the provisions of the Essential Commodity Act, 1955 consequent to de-licensing of the dairy Sector in 1991. The order envisages that any person/dairy plant handling more than 10000 liters per day of milk or 500 MT of milk solids per annum needs to be registered with the registering authority appointed by the Central government. The objective of the order is to maintain and increase in supply of milk and milk products. The Government has taken a decision to remove restrictions on setting up of new capacity and to do away with the concept of milkshed while noting that the requirement of registration is for enforcing the prescribed standards of quality and food safety.