Hangyo management comes out with a statement on 7am milk smelly issue

Bhatkallys News | January 7,2017 BHATKAL -- Hangyo's Dairy Unit  has debunked the social media  message that its popular  milk brand 7am milk is adulterated with chemicals. Social media was abuzz for the  last couple of   days that Hangyo's 7am milk  supplied in Bhatkal is giving foul smell and looks adultered with chemicals. The smell and texture of 7am milk which was not normal scared the residents. Talking to Bhatkallys.com, Production Head of the Company Mr. Nitin Kulkarni said, "It appears that 7am milk might have been exposed  to higher temperature in handling  which might have resulted in enhancement  of acidity  content thus imparting acidic flavour to the  milk.. But  we can assure that it is not adulterated ." Mr. Kulkarni further said, "Ours Dairy Unit is ISO 22000:2005 certified and we take utmost care in checking quality, process & other parameters as per the standards set by the  Food Safety & Standards Authority of India. We have been  handling milk since last 21 years and  never compromised on quality and service. We maintain proper cold chain for milk handling." Dinesh R. Pai, Hangyo Chairman,  said, "we assure our customers that we will monitor cold chain from procurement chilling centres till dealers and make sure that  such problems never recur." Hangyo  supplies  about 4500 ltrs  of milk and milk products to Bhatkal out of which almost 3200 ltrs is 7 AM milk. Dinesh R Pai further stated that "We have already rectified the issues and today there is no issue and our production team is in Bhatkal  market today for inspection.