Milk Supply

Safeguarding the Milk Supply

August of this year. During the War period further experience was gained in regard to the milk situation. The Government had to pay closer attention than it had in the past to all questions relating to our food supply, and in this respect milk was not neglected. As a result of the war-time experience those Departments chiefly concerned, the Ministries of Food, of Health and of Agriculture, agre...

Legislation to ensure a pure milk supply

Indian Milk Supply and Infective (Epidemic) Diarrhœa

So much attention has been paid to milk lately in England as a cause ot disease, especial ljin connection with epidemic diarrhoea in children, that it may be considered an opportune moment to compare generally the conditions of milk supply in India and see how the conclusions reached at home may be applied to the latter. I refer here distinctly to the general conditions of milk supply in India,...

Aflatoxin Contamination of the Milk Supply: A Pakistan Perspective

Improving both quality and quantity of food available is a pressing need especially when one eighth of the world’s population consumes less energy than is required for maintenance and is exposed to contaminated food, both of which lead to greater susceptibility to diseases. The Pakistani population depends heavily on milk for nutritional needs and 10% of household income is spent on milk. This ...

Insufficient Milk Supply and Breast Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review

BACKGROUND An association between insufficient milk supply, the inability of a mother's breast milk to provide sufficiently for her infant, and breast cancer has been suggested by observations in animal models. To determine if an association has been reported in epidemiological studies of human breast cancer, a systematic review of the literature has been conducted. We also sought to identify t...