Rajendra Prasad to Tukaram Mundhe: How milk and milawat shaped India’s food safety story

"Singham Cop” Maharashtra FDA commissioner Tukaram Mundhe’s uncompromising crackdowns have ignited a frenzy over India’s relationship with the food on its plate and front-of-the-pack labels. But India’s food-safety anxiety is hardly new. Once, the devil was easier to spot: water in milk, vanaspati masquerading as ghee. The battle was against milawat. And if India’s food-safety story had a protagonist, it could well be milk. It was hotly debated in Parliament eight decades ago - and, somehow, is still making headlines today. This is the story of how India went from fighting milawat to regulating an ever-changing food industry. More importantly, when will something as basic as milk stop being at the centre of our anxiety? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exclusive content, special privileges & more – Subscribe to ThePrint for Special benefits: https://tinyurl.com/4ymm9wh5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with ThePrint » Subscribe to ThePrint: https://tinyurl.com/4ymm9wh5 » Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3nCMpht » Like us on Facebook:   / theprintindia   » Tweet us on Twitter:   / theprintindia   » Follow us on Instagram:   / theprintindia   » Find us on LinkedIn :   / theprint   » Subscribe to ThePrint on Telegram: https://t.me/ThePrintIndia » Find us on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2NMVlnB » Find us on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pEOta8