Kochi : With milk consumption in the state increasing significantly during the Onam season, the dairy development department, led by the Ernakulam district quality control section, has launched an intensive milk testing camp to ensure consumers get quality and safe milk. District collector G Priyanka inaugurated the sample collection for milk testing. District panchayat president K G Radhakrishnan inaugurated the camp and the information centre at the civil station on Thursday.
Radhakrishnan said that as part of the ‘second dairy revolution’, strong initiatives are being carried out under the leadership of govt, the dairy development department and various institutions to increase milk production in Kerala and to provide more encouragement to dairy farmers. He also said that along with ensuring the quality of milk, efforts to increase dairy farmers’ productivity and income should be strengthened. The collector extended the district administration’s full support for the initiative.