INDIAN MILK

 TYPES OF MILK 

  Milk is the normal mammary secretion derived from complete milking of healthy milch animal without either addition thereto or extraction therefrom unless otherwise provided in these Regulations. It shall be free from colostrum. Milk of different classes and of different designations shall conform to the standards laid down in the Table below in 1.

Total urea content in the milk shall not be more than 700 ppm.

1.Toned Milk

Toned Milk means the product prepared by admixture of cow or buffalo milk or both with fresh skimmed milk; or by admixture of cow or buffalo milk or both that has been standardised to fat and solids-not-fat percentage given in the table below in 1.0 by adjustment of milk solids. It shall be pasteurised and shall show a negative Phosphatase Test. When fat or dry non-fat-milk solids are used, it shall be ensured that the product remains homogeneous and no deposition of solids takes place on standing.

2.Standardised Milk

Standardised Milk means cow milk or buffalo milk or sheep milk or goat milk or a combination of any of these milk that has been standardised to fat and solids-not-fat percentage given in the table below in 1.0 by the adjustment of milk solids. Standardised milk shall be pasteurised and shall show a negative Phosphatase Test.

3.Flavoured Milk

Flavoured Milk, by whatever name called, may contain nuts (whole, fragmented or ground) chocolate, coffee or any other edible flavour, edible food colours and cane sugar. Flavoured milk shall be pasteurised, sterilised or boiled. The type of milk shall be mentioned on the label.

4.Double Toned Milk

Double Toned Milk means the product prepared by admixture of cow or buffalo milk or  both with fresh skimmed milk, or by admixture of cow or buffalo milk or both that has been standardised to fat and solids-not-fat percentage given in the table below in 1.0 by adjustment of milk solids. It shall be pasteurised and shall show a negative Phosphatase Test. When fat or dry non-fat milk solids are used, it shall be ensured that the product remains homogeneous and no deposition of solids takes place on standing.

5.Full Cream Milk

Full Cream Milk means milk or a combination of buffalo or cow milk or a product prepared by combination of both that has been standardised to fat and solids-not-fat percentage, given in the table below in 1.0, by adjustment/addition of milk solids, Full Cream Milk shall be pasteurised. It shall show a negative phosphatase test. It shall be packed in clean, sound and sanitary containers properly sealed so as to prevent contamination.

6.Boiled Milk

Boiled Milk means milk which has been brought to boil.

7.Mixed Milk

Mixed Milk means a combination of milk of cow, buffalo, sheep, goat or any other milch animal and may be a combination of any of these milk which has been made and conforms to the standards given in the table below in 1.0

8.Recombined Milk

Recombined Milk means the homogenised product prepared from milk fat, non-fat-milk solids and water. Recombined milk shall be pasteurised and shall show a negative Phosphatase test.

9.Skimmed Milk

Skimmed Milk means the product prepared from milk from which almost all the milk fat has been removed mechanically.

TABLE 1

The standards of different classes and designations of milk shall be as given in the table below. Milk shall conform to both the parameters for milk fat and milk solids not fat, independently, as prescribed in columns (4) and (5) of the said table:

Class of milk (1)	Designation (2)	Locality (3)	Minimum percent
			Milk Fat (4)	MSNF (5)
Buffalo Milk	Raw, pasteurized, boiled, flavoured, sterilized	Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Punjab, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal	6.0	9.0
Buffalo Milk	Raw, pasteurized, boiled, flavoured, sterilized	Andaman and Nicobar, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Dadra & Nagar haveli, Goa, Daman & Diu, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu& Kashmir,  Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Minicoy & Amindivi Island, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura	5.0	9.0
Cow Milk	Raw, pasteurized, boiled, flavoured, sterilized	Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab	4.0	8.5
Cow Milk	Raw, boiled, pasteurized, flavoured, sterilized	Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhatisgarh, Dadra & Nagar haveli, Delhi, Goa, Daman & Diu, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Minicoy & Adminidive Islands, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal	3.5	8.5
Cow Milk	Raw, boiled, pasteurized, flavoured and sterilized	Mizoram , Orissa	3.0	8.5
Goat or Sheep Milk	Raw, boiled, pasteurized, flavoured and sterilized	Chandigarh, Chhatisgarh, Haryana, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand	3.5	9.0
Goat or Sheep Milk	Raw, boiled, pasteurized, flavoured and sterilized	Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhatisgarh, Dadra and Nagar haveli, Delhi, Goa, Daman & Diu, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Lakshadweep, Minicoy & Amindive Islands, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal	3.0	9.0
Toned Milk	Pasteurised, flavoured and sterilized	All India	3.0	8.5
Double Toned milk	Pasteurised, flavoured and sterilized	All India	1.5	9.0
Standardized milk	Pasteurised, flavoured and sterilized	All India	4.5	8.5
Full Cream Milk	Pasteurised and sterilized	All India	6.0	9.0
Mixed Milk	Raw, pasteurised, boiled, flavoured and sterilised	All India	4.5	8.5
Recombined Milk	Pasteurised, flavoured and sterilized	All India	3.0	8.5
Skimmed Milk	Raw, boiled, pasteurised, flavoured and sterilized.	All India	Not more than 0.5 percent	8.7