Four Tetra Packaged Substandard Milk Sale Banned by Supreme Court of Pakistan

Four Tetra Packaged Substandard Milk Sale Banned Update:

The Honorable Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mr. Mian Saqib Nisar banned the sale of packaged milk from four companies on Saturday 27-01-2018 while hearing a suo motu case pertaining to the sale of substandard packaged milk at the Karachi Registry.

The three-member bench of the apex court banned the four companies from selling and marketing their milk products with immediate effect after laboratory results failed to convince the bench of the quality of the milk supplied. Four Tetra Packaged Substandard Milk Sale Banned.

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Four Tetra Packaged Substandard Milk Sale Banned. The chief justice issued the orders after laboratory results failed to convince the court about the quality of the milk supplied by these companies in the city. During the hearing, the chief justice remarked that these companies were selling tea whitener, not the milk.

During a previous hearing of the case earlier this month, the CJP had directed the relevant authorities to conduct laboratory tests of all brands of packaged milk products available in the city’s markets. He had also chided the concerned authorities for their failure to submit complete details to the court regarding use of injections in cows. Four Tetra Packaged Substandard Milk Sale Banned.

Honorable Justice Mr. Mian Saqib Nisar, in his remarks to a representative of dairy farmers, stated that the injections administered to cows are resulting in breast cancer and other hormonal problems in women. Four Tetra Packaged Substandard Milk Sale Banned.

The chief justice demanded to know in which districts injections are being administered to cows to increase their milk production, and summoned a report on use and confiscation of the injections.
On January 11, Mr. Mian Saqib Nisar took notice of the sale of substandard packaged milk in the country.

The CJP is already hearing the matter of sale of unsafe milk in the Lahore Registry as part of its suo motu notice on public welfare issues.

Hearing the suo motu case of harmful effects of packaged milk at the SC’s Lahore Registry on January 6, the CJP had remarked that everyone is forced to consume cancer-infested milk, adding that all packaged milk is loaded with formalin which is a food preservative.

During the hearing, the bench, which includes Honorable Justice Ijazul Ahsan, banned the use of injections in cows to increase their milk production capacity.

Source: Mehran Post