Sabar Dairy orders testing of cattle feed following illness of cows

Himmatnagar

The Sabarkantha District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union Limited, popularly known as Sabar Dairy today said that it has ordered the lab testing of the samples of the Sabardan, a cattle feed produced by it, which is being held responsible for the alleged death and food poisoning of some cows in North Gujarat.

Reports of death of over half a dozen cows and illness of over 250 cattle in Kadiyadara (Sabarkantha district) and Radodara (Aravalli district) owing to said food poisoning have emerged.

‘We have seen the media reports which attribute the incident to consumption of Sabardan but it has not yet been established. However a lab testing of the cattle feed sample has been ordered to ascertain whether there was anything harmful in it or not,’ P A to Sabar Dairy MD B M Patel, Kamlesh Prajpati today said.

Sabar Dairy is among the group of dairies in Gujarat that work under the umbrella organization of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd, the owner co-operative of brand Amul.

– DeshGujarat