Know Your Milk
A most basic food, milk provides our body with vital nutrients. Adequate consumption of milk and dairy products from early childhood and throughout life can help to make the bones strong and protect them against diseases like osteoporosis (a debilitating, brittle bone disorder) in later life. It follows that the safety aspect of milk is of topmost importance, yet how much do you know? Is the milk you buy in the market pasteurized or sterilized? What difference does this make to the shelf life? And is boiling at home a must?
The main constituents of milk are milk fat and milk solids-not-fat (SNF). As per Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives), Regulations, 2011, the following types of milk can be sold in market: