LAHORE: Following its hearing of March 9, 2017, of a civil petition filed regarding the quality of packaged milk, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has issued an order in which it has stated: “As per the report submitted by the Punjab Food Authority (PFA), the milk produced/packaged by Haleeb Foods Ltd, is fit for human consumption.”
The order further states that “as we have directed in some other matters as well, we direct the analysis of the milk by SGS as per the law and procedure.”
“While such further testing by SGS is expected to be conducted in the summer, when milk quality is more prone to deterioration, Haleeb Milk has already been tested by SGS (December 2016), following malicious rumors spread by some quarters that it contained formalin, and the SGS test report of December declared the Haleeb milk sample tested to be formalin negative,” a press release issued by Haleeb Foods stated. “This rumor was based on a test report of PCSIR, whereas two other renowned laboratories of the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) and the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) had reported no formalin in Haleeb Milk after their testing.