Quality and safety improvements in informal milk markets and implications for food safety policy

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Healthen_US
cg.coverage.countryIndiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2INen_US
cg.coverage.regionAsiaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen_US
cg.creator.identifierMa. Lucila Lapar: 0000-0002-4214-9845en_US
cg.creator.identifierJohanna Lindahl: 0000-0002-1175-0398en_US
cg.creator.identifierRam Pratim Deka: 0000-0002-8120-224Xen_US
cg.creator.identifierDelia Grace: 0000-0002-0195-9489en_US
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen_US
cg.identifier.urlhttps://www.slideshare.net/ILRI/quality-safety-improvements-informal-milk-marketsen_US
cg.placeNairobi, Kenyaen_US
cg.subject.ilriDAIRYINGen_US
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SAFETYen_US
cg.subject.ilriMARKETSen_US
cg.subject.ilriPOLICYen_US
dc.contributor.authorLapar, Ma. Lucilaen_US
dc.contributor.authorDeka, Ram Pratimen_US
dc.contributor.authorLindahl, Johanna F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Deliaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-21T14:42:57Zen_US
dc.date.available2015-04-21T14:42:57Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/65164en_US
dc.titleQuality and safety improvements in informal milk markets and implications for food safety policyen_US
dcterms.abstractMilk marketing in Assam, NE India remains predominantly in the informal sector; there is also growing concern among consumers about the purity and quality of milk marketed by informal milk vendors and the possible health risk posed by it. ILRI’s study on milk safety (ILRI 2008) indicates that most of the milk samples (including pasteurized and UHT) available in Assam do not meet quality standards from the standpoint of physical quality, adulterants and bacterial load (total bacterial count and coliform count). In 2009, a training and certification program was initiated to improve milk handling among milk traders who are the main conduits of milk being marketed in Assam. The impact of the program on milk value chain actors was assessed through a prospective matched cohort study using a double difference design. Data was collected from surveys of producers, milk vendors, and consumers. Rapid diagnostic tests on milk samples were conducted to assess levels of hazards from presence of pathogens in milk traded in informal milk markets. Estimates of economic benefits show positive effects in terms of increased average profit margins and value added. Sector level benefits as approximated from micro-level estimates of economic indicators show that traditional dairy value chain in Kamrup generates about 0.8 million rupees value added per day; this translates to an annual estimate of economic impact in Kamrup of at least US$ 5.6 million. Given the important economic contribution of traditional dairy value chain, public policy that affects informal milk markets and actors will need to be based on risk and not hazard, and improving capacity for risk assessment and incentives for better risk management will support the continued viability of the traditional dairy sector in Assam.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationLapar, M.L.A., Deka, R., Lindahl, J. and Grace, D. 2014. Quality and safety improvements in informal milk markets and implications for food safety policy. Presented at the 8th International Conference of the Asian Society of Agricultural Economists (ASAE), Savar, Bangladesh, 15-17 October 2014. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.en_US
dcterms.issued2014-10-15en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
dcterms.subjectdairiesen_US
dcterms.subjectfood safetyen_US
dcterms.typePresentationen_US

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