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POSTED August 13, 2010 - 17:51 | POSTED BY Neharika Sabharwal

Milk adulteration rampant in Maharashtra

The ever enduring milk that kids need for growth and grown ups need to replenish their nutrition daily may be doing them more harm than good.

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Most Indians are resigned to drinking milk diluted with water but going by the current trend the nutritious value of the beverage has been ruined by its deliberate contamination with animal fat and urea.

Awakening to the gravity of the situation, the Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dinesh Trivedi stressed to the need for a strong policy framework to bust the massive milk adulteration racket in the nation.

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POSTED January 3, 2009 - 12:03 | POSTED BY TheMedGuru News...

Two U.S. dairies enjoined from adulterating animal drugs and food

Rockville, United States, January 3: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that the District Court for the District of New Mexico has enjoined Do-Rene and Clover Knolls Dairies and their owners, Douglas B.

Two U.S. dairies enjoined from adulterating animal drugs and food

FDA has cited the defendants on multiple occasions, most recently following inspections of the dairies from June 24 to July 1, 2008.

During these inspections the FDA investigator noted that the defendants were not keeping adequate medication records to prevent unsafe drug residues in cattle offered for slaughter, that they failed to review treatment records prior to offering an animal for slaughter, and that they were using medications for unapproved indications not specified on the drug label. Although using drugs in this "extralabel" manner is legal with a valid veterinarian-client-patient relationship, the defendants did not have such a relationship.

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