Eight milk samples collected

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, September 18

A vehicle with drums containing milk was intercepted near Kochar Market by a team of the Health Department on Tuesday. The driver fled the spot on seeing the team. The vehicle was coming from Jhaner village in Sangrur district.

With the help of the police, the driver and the owner of the vehicle were called, and the team collected the samples of milk. Two drums contained 400 litres of milk.

A total of eight samples of milk and milk products were collected by the department on Tuesday. The team, headed by District Health Officer Andesh Kang, also visited an ice-cream manufacturing unit. The samples have been sent to a lab and further action will be taken after the report arrives.