Amul to market camel milk in first quarter of 2017

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the food safety regulator, has set new standards for camel milk. Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), one of the dairy major, has said that it will launch camel milk within the next three months.

Amul will first start selling camel milk in Ahmedabad and will later launch in other cities.

At an exhibition organised by NGOs 'Sahjeevan' and 'Foundation for Ecological Security', Pawan Agarwal, Chairman, FSSAI, said, "We operationised standards for camel milk today. We took two years to come out with standards. The standards will help better marketing of camel milk in cities."

He also added, "This will also help us create awareness about the health benefits of camel milk."

Agarwal assured that it would take possible measures if any fine tuning is required in the standards going forward.

Hardeep Bhanga, Marketing Manager, GCMMF said that the cooperatiave will launch camel milk in 500 ml bottle in the next three months.

He further added, "Now, the plant is ready in Kutch. We are going to market camel milk in the next three months. Initially, it is will be sold in Ahmedabad through Amul booths in 500 ml bottle."

Radha Mohan Singh, Union Agriculture Minister, said, "After assessing scientifically, camel milk has been recognised with the line of food grade. This will not only benefits rearers of camels but also facilitate for value-addition productions."