The Supreme Court (SC) has recently announced four major milk brands selling pasteurized and skimmed milk to seal their factories from selling products to the public as they have been deemed, “Unfit for Human Consumption”.
The court has ordered the recall of products from shelves across markets in Karachi and Lahore. The samples of the various brands of packaged milk were analyzed and tested by the Pakistan Council for the Scientific and Industrial Research. Advocate Mohammad Vadwa was selected to collect samples and submit them for testing.
53 samples were gathered from different areas of the city, out of which 4 were deemed unsuitable for human consumption.
The 4 Brands found Unsafe for Human Consumption were:
1. Day Fresh Whole Milk (Pasteurized)
2. Day Fresh UHT
3. Skimilac Skimmed Milk Powder
4. Nurpur Full Cream Milk
The report also revealed that 3 foreign-made products were found safe and suitable for human consumption but they failed to meet the Pakistani standards.
Suitable for consumption but do not comply with Pakistan Standards:
- Lacnor Full Cream Milk
- Dairy Morning Milk Powder
- Almarai Milk (UHT)
The report further revealed the forty-six other samples which included tea whiteners, packaged milk, full cream milk, low-fat milk and flavored milk were found safe and suitable for human consumption and also comply with Pakistani standards.
Suitable for Human Consumption and Compliant with Pakistan Standards:
1. Millac Instant Powder Milk
2. NIDO Fortified Full Cream Powder
3. Everyday Powder Tea Whitener
4. Dairy Omung Dairy Drink
5. Dairy Pure Dairy Drink
6. Tarang Tea Whitener
7. Tea Max Liquid Tea Whitener
8. Everyday Tea Creamer
9. Dostea Tea Mix
10. Popular Today
11. Olper’s Milk
12. Good Milk Full Cream Milk
13. Meadow Fresh Pure Milk Full Cream
14. Milkpak Full Cream Milk
15. Haleeb Full Cream Milk
16. Meadow Fresh Calci Max Milk
17. Pakola Pure Natural Milk
18. Fine Life Full Cream Milk
19. Emborg Full Cream Milk
20. Pakola Ice Cream Flavoured Milk
21. Meadow Fresh Strawberry Flavoured Milk
22. Milker Zafran Flavoured Milk
23. Milker Strawberry Flavoured Milk
24. Lacnor Banana Flavoured Milk
25. Yum Milk Chocolate Flavoured Milk
26. Yum Milk Ice Cream Flavoured Milk
27. Yum Milk Badam Flavoured Milk
28. Yum Milk Strawberry Flavoured Milk
29. Meadowfresh Chocolate Flavoured Milk
30. Oolala Badam Flavoured Milk
31. Day Fresh Banana Flavoured Milk
32. Milo
33. Pakola Kulfa Flavoured Milk
34. Day Fresh Strawberry Flavoured Milk
35. Day Fresh Chocolate Flavoured Milk
36. Pakola Mango Flavoured Milk
37. Pakola Rose Flavoured Milk
38. Pakola Chocolate Flavoured Milk
39. Pakola Zafran Flavoured Milk
40. Pakola Strawberry Flavoured Milk
41. Haleeb Banana Flavoured Milk
42. Nesvita
43. Lacnor low fat milk
44. Meadowfresh low fat milk
45. Olper’s Lite low fat milk
46. Lacnor Skim Milk
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