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Milk quality to be improved

— PHOTO: G. KARTHIKEYAN.

CHECKING: Commissioner for Aavin, Apurva Varma, left, inspecting the Aavin chilling plant in Dindigul on Friday.

PALANI: Automatic milk analyser that assesses quality of milk and fixes procurement price, will be installed in 120 chilling plants of Aavin to improve quality of milk at sources and ensure transparency in milk procurement, according to Apurva Varma, Commissioner for Aavin.

He was talking to press persons after inspecting a bulk milk cooling centre here on Friday.

To begin with, Dindigul and Palani chilling centres will get this analyser, which will check fat and all other contents and also finalise procurement price on the basis of its contents. The analyser will be attached with the computer and a mega digital display board.

Once the milk is fed in to weighing machine, the analyser attached with the machine would convert the weight of milk in to litres and check fat content. After analysis, procurement price of milk, society name and quantity in litres would display on digital board fitted outside. Farmers need not enter into the lab.

With no manual work, transparency in checking quality and finalising price is ensured. It would build trust and confidence among farmers, he added.

To ensure quality of milk at source, bulk milk cooling centres, each with a capacity of 2,000 litres, would be set up 130 places in the State.

Ten bulk milk coolers (BMC) will be installed in the district. Already, the BMC was installed at Palani and Perumalkovilpatti in Natham. Devathur will get BMC shortly. Work had been commenced at Poolampatti and place finalised for Vaagarai unit, he added. “The Aavin offers better facilities to milk suppliers than private milk procurers.”

Palani unit Quality Control Manager Balakrishnan total procurement was 21,000 litres a day. It would increase to 25,000 within two months following revival of dormant societies.

Dindigul Union General Manager, G. Nagaraj said milk processing machinery had arrived.

Installation will commence after civil work at chilling plant. Earlier, the commissioner inspected Dindigul chilling unit and blasted officials for its poor maintenance.

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