Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on November 28, 2019 launched fortified milk of MILKFED with Vitamin A and D ‘Him Gauri’ in the State in collaboration with TINI-Tata Trusts and National Dairy Development Board.
The Chief Minister said that fortified milk was widely used around the world to help people to get nutrients that may otherwise be lacking in their diets. He said this milk offered several benefits compared with unfortified milk. Fortified milk is cow milk that contains extra vitamins and minerals that are not naturally found in milk in sufficient amounts, he added.
He said that the MILKFED was doing commendable job by collecting about 1.40 lakh litres daily from the farmers in rural areas of the State.
He said that the State Government was probably the first State of the country to provide fortified wheat flour to the consumers of the State.
Chief Minister said that two new milk processing plants would also start functioning at Duttnagar in Shimla and at Mandi by 2020 under central sponsored project, which will double the potential of the milk plants.
Jai Ram Thakur said in the new ‘Him Gauri’ milk of MILKFED, vitamins A and D were being added as they are heat resistant. These compounds can be added to milk before pasteurization and homogenization, which are heating processes to kill harmful bacteria and improve shelf life.
