Amul, the well known and well respected Indian dairy co-op is in hot water. Or soured cream, if you prefer. Apparently, the Amul facilities were raided by Gujarat's Food and Drugs Control Administration last week, on complaints of worms being found in their milk powder. The raid however, revealed much more.
1. Amul was printing the 'packed on' date as a day late than the actual date for milk pouches.
2. Amul butter packets, being manufactured currently (Jan 2005) had a manufacturing date of March 2005.
Me thinks printing such a late date would apparently have limited use as Amul would have to hang on to the butter for 2 months and then release it in the market. That means additional cost of storing it properly etc. If true, this is gross misconduct on the part of Amul and calls for strict action.
utterly butterly disgusting, ew!
Posted by: har at January 30, 2005 09:01 PMI never expected such a gross mismanagement from a company like Amul! Utterly disgusting indeed.
Posted by: QuaTros at January 31, 2005 03:48 AMQuaTros: I bet it took everyone by surprise. Amul was like the model for other coops to emulate.
Posted by: anya at January 31, 2005 09:53 AMwhy r u talkin bs abt amul...its "the taste of india" all this is a saazish against Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union Ltd (Amul Dairy)..yeh dramebaazi baandh karooo
Posted by: Shakti Kaapur at February 1, 2005 11:54 AMI would say amuls competitors are using all means to break its monopoly in the milk products business....britannia....
Posted by: vadya at February 2, 2005 12:10 PM"A gift for someone you hate"
Posted by: alpha at February 2, 2005 03:49 PMWell thats a bit shocking! But I did crack on the new Amul ice cream cones that are in the market in India...similar to the Kwality-Walls Cornwtto....they are really good!!
Posted by: PseudoFreud at February 4, 2005 01:25 PMQuaTros: I wouldn't at all call it mismanagement. There was intent in their deeds.
It may be alarming, but all I can say is that I am sure Amul is not the only brand that plays this game.
Posted by: Amol Hatwar at February 28, 2005 09:17 PM