Organic milk : fact or fiction…..
We keep on hearing about dairy farms who claim to produce milk in as natural form & using only Natural ingredients (specifically WITHOUT THE USE OF Chemicals) which for the sake of convenience of the Customers is being labeled as "organic milk" & is being sold at higher rates.
Is this really true? I would request the “Organic Milk Manufacturers” to please explain:
There are two things which immediately come to mind is the use of Deworming medicine & other is the use of Mineral Mixture.
A productivity of an animal is dependent upon the digestion & all the living creatures have worms in their stomach whose cycle is of 3 months (in cows & buffaloes). These parasites eat off the digested food which is primarily required by the animal to give milk, give part to the growing foetus & thirdly for its maintenance. These “worms” in the stomach eat off as much as 40% of the digested food thereby reducing the milk yield as well the overall health of the animal.
We have to use MEDICINES (every three months to kill these internal parasites): Ayurvedic medicine effect in this respect has not yet been substantiated widely. I would like anyone to please do send detailed reports on the efficacy of these medicines. Thus in this case we have to use various chemical compounds viz. Mebendazole, Albedazole, Fenbendazole & various other products.
Secondly : use of mineral mixture : It is a well known fact that One litre of milk contains about 1.2 gms of Calcium & 0.9 gms of Phosphorous along with 12 other minerals. It is very much essential to replace the minerals lost daily due to Milking, given to foetus when pregnant & for the body requirements.
Unfortunately we cannot get any natural sources to fulfill all these demands (which is economical) to fulfill these requirements in the animal.
(Thus a chemical product is being used which is fulfilling the requirements & is very economical)
Will it be ideal to call this milk “Organic” in this case?
Looking forward to replies
With warm regards,
Dr.Chandrakiran N.Sant
(Dairy Management Advisor)
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