Punjab: Milkfed suspends 3 senior officials after Army rejects milk powder consignment

Verka milk powder row: Punjab suspends three officials after army rejects 125 metric tonnes of consignment

New Delhi: Three officials in Punjab have been suspended after samples of Verka brand milk powder failed tests. Milkfed MD Rahul Gupta suspended officials, including the plant’s GM, Daljit Singh, on Friday. The action was taken after the consignment of two batches, weighing approximately 125 metric tons of whole milk powder supplied was returned by the Indian Army. The samples failed to meet the prescribed quality standards. The incident has spa…

Punjab: Milkfed suspends 3 senior officials after Army rejects milk powder consignment

Chandigarh, Mar 27 (PTI) Milkfed on Friday placed a general manager and two other officials of its dairy unit in Ludhiana under suspension with immediate effect after the Army had rejected the consignment of whole milk powder. The Milkfed supplies whole milk powder, cheese, flavoured milk, tetra pack milk and other items to the Army. Notably, the Army had rejected the consignment of whole milk powder of the Punjab government's dairy cooperative,…

सेना के वेरका का सूखा दूध खारिज किए जाने के बाद एक्शन; Ludhiana इकाई के महाप्रबंधक निलंबित

सेना को आपूर्ति किए गए सूखे दूध की गुणवत्ता पर सवाल उठने के बाद पंजाब के दुग्ध सहकारी संस्थान वेरका की लुधियाना इकाई में बड़ा कदम उठाया गया है। मामले की गंभीरता को देखते हुए इकाई के महाप्रबंधक को निलंबित कर दिया गया है, जबकि पूरे प्रकरण की विस्तृत जांच शुरू कर दी गई है।