Cargills project to process fresh milk

Cargills has pioneered a project to process fresh milk and distribute it to the doorsteps of households. All arrangements were made to roll out this program recently in line with the government's long term program to boost national nourishment levels.

The two main objectives of the program are to improve nourishment levels of Sri Lankan consumers and to give milk farmers a reasonable price for their milk. This would be a relief for busy housewives as they could get their milk requirement delivered to their doorsteps.

Another objective of this program is to provide opportunities for local milk farmers to sell their products at a competitive price as Cargills has planned to collect milk through 48 cooperative milk collection centres and process it at their state of the art factory - Cargills Quality Dairies under strict quality control systems and best hygiene practices.

The inaugural program of this project was launched at Cargills Food City - Negombo recently and a new 500ml fresh milk pack was introduced to the market.

CEO of Cargills, Ranjit Page, Managing Director of Cargills Quality Dairies, Dr. J. Punjrath, Deputy Mayor of Negombo Municipal Council Sepala Ranawaka and Member of the Western Province Council Nandana Mendis were present.