Agriculture
Addis Ababa Develops Legal Framework to Ensure Milk Quality and Safety
TIKVAH Ethiopia · 3 hours ago · Read the Full Story on TIKVAH Ethiopia
AI SUMMARY
The Addis Ababa Farmers and Urban Agricultural Development Commission has prepared a new legal framework featuring fines, business suspensions, and imprisonment to address health risks and quality issues in raw milk.
- The Addis Ababa Farmers and Urban Agricultural Development Commission developed a new legal framework to ensure milk quality and safety.
- Studies confirmed health risks associated with raw milk, such as transport in difficult-to-clean jerrycans and storage in recycled plastic bottles.
- The framework includes provisions for financial penalties, business suspensions, and imprisonment for non-compliance.
- Milk retailers may be required to maintain on-site quality testing equipment to prevent adulteration such as added water.
- The framework regulates farm practices, transport containers, vehicle standards, milking hygiene, animal feed storage, and retail sales procedures.
- Regulatory experts have received training, and quality testing tools are being distributed to all 11 sub-cities.
- The legal framework is awaiting official ratification before it is publicly implemented and fully enforced.
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