In Pakistan dozens of brands are selling dairy products and milk, after a petition was filed in Supreme Court by Barrister Zafarullah Khan these brands came under scrutiny.
After laboratory tests only 6 brands were found safe for human consumption by Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR). The tetra pak milk brands which were declared safe are:
- Olper’s
- Nestle
- Milk Pak
- Good Milk
- Day Fresh
- Nurpur Original
These were the only safe brands among UHT category. But UHT in itself is considered not healthy because this process of heating milk at high temperature and then cooling it at very low temperatures kills beneficial nutrients along with germs.
[junkie-alert style=”green”] Among Pasteurized milk Only Prema Milk was found safe. [/junkie-alert]
In pasteurization the milk is heated for a longer time but at a lower temperature which means the microbes that are beneficial and good for our health remain in the milk.
Now the question is what steps the government will take against these brands.