Tea-whitener packs must mention ?this is not milk?: SC
 

LAHORE: The Supreme Court on Thursday continued proceedings in a case against production of substandard milk and issued a stern warning to the companies to abstain from befooling people and playing with their lives by selling tea-whitener in the name of milk.
A two-member SC bench, headed by Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, issued notices to seven companies involved in the business of packed as well as skimmed milk, remarking that consumption of substandard milk is causing health problems in children.
The bench was hearing a petition, filed by Watan Party leader Barrister Zafarullah Khan.
The chief justice directed lawyers for the tea-whitener (powder and pasteurised milk) manufacturing companies to make their clients write on the products in bold-text, ?It is not milk?.
The chief justice remarked: ?We will not allow these companies to sell chemical in the name of milk.?
Notices were also issued to a company, which is manufacturing steroid injections, meant for boosting milk production in buffaloes.
?We do not want to tarnish the image of any company or shut down people?s businesses. But, at the same time, the law violators would not be allowed to mislead or deceive the innocent people.
?The guilty companies would have to face consequences of their wrongdoings,? the CJ said in strict note.During the course of hearing, the CJ also shared his experience and disclosed that he himself was unaware of the difference between ?tea-whitener? and milk.

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