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The new order says dairy product manufacturers "may use the term curd along with any other designation (prevalent regional common name) in brackets on the label."
Karnataka Milk Federation director Anand Kumar said that dairy farmers will not allow KMF to sell curd sachets with the ‘Dahi’ label in Karnataka. JD (S) leader H D Kumaraswamy also hit out at FSSAI.
The Food Safety and Regulatory Authority of India (FSSAI) on Thursday amended its order and allowed the use of regional names in printed labels of yogurt
The letter was issued in response to representations from the Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka milk federations seeking the usage of local nomenclatures on the curd sachets.
The Karnataka Milk Federation was asked to prominently label curd as 'dahi,' the Hindi word for it, and use the Kannada equivalent 'mosaru' in brackets. Tamil Nadu has also received a similar note, a report says.