Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers Union Limited popularly known as Amul Dairy is likely to set up a plant to produce ready-to-use therapeutic food (RTUF) for millions of malnourished children in the country on a non-commercial basis, according to a report in ET Retail.
Both the Gujarat government and the Government of India have urged Amul to procure the newly developed RTUF to be manufactured in the plant approved by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Amul has already worked together with Valid Nutrition, an Ireland-based international agency, which wants the Indian dairy cooperative to supply RTUF in African market.
Dr. K. Rathnam MD of Amul Dairy is quoted as saying ” the product testing is done and we are setting up processing equipment at our Mogar Food Complex in Gujarat. Manufacturing will start by the end of September,”
