Packaged milk Media stopped from reporting lab report
LAHORE: A test report about tetra pack milk samples prepared by a German laboratory has been submitted to the Lahore High Court (LHC), however, on the request of private milk manufacturing companies the court has barred the media from reporting the contents of the report.
The counsel for milk manufacturers said if the contents of the report were reported in the media, it would unleash media trial of the manufacturers affecting their image.
Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah observed: “The media directed not to report on the contents of the report submitted by Eurofins Global Cenral, Hamburg, Germany, dated February 22, 2010, till further orders.
The office is directed to intimate the media accordingly. ”Justice Shah said this while hearing a petition by Barrister Zafarullah Khan of Watan Party Pakistan about the supply of adulterated milk by the companies supplying packaged milk.
The court directed all par- ties involved in the case to obtain the copies of the report and file their reply one month.
The judge adjourned hearing till April 28 and directed the Lahore city district government, the environmental protection department of Punjab, the livestock and dairy development department, the food department, the PCSIR and the PSQCA to send their officers fully versed with milk manufacturing process to the court along with all relevant reports pre- pared by them.
Also, amicus curie Barrister Sidra Fatima Sheikh sought court’s permission to release the fee to the German laboratory; however, the judge said that the matter would be taken up on the next heating.
The judge asked the lawyer to place on record the in- voice received from the laboratory.
The judge also appointed Dr Shahjahan Baig, PCS]IR food and bio technology section head, Dr Faqir Anjum from institute of food science, Agriculture University Faisalabad, and Dr Shagufta Feroze, PhD (holistic nutrition), USA, as amicus curie to assist the court on the matter.
Source: Dawn
Date:4/2/2010
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