The Punjab government has announced a new digital initiative to combat milk adulteration by installing tracking devices on milk supply vehicles across the province.
According to Salma Butt, Special Assistant to the Chief Minister for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, a pilot project will begin in Lahore within the next few days. Around 550 to 600 milk transport vehicles enter Lahore every day, and under the new system, each vehicle will be registered, its ownership verified, its route monitored, and the source of the milk documented.
The government says the initiative will enable end-to-end monitoring of the milk supply chain, helping authorities detect adulterated milk before it reaches consumers.
Salma Butt added that the Punjab Food Authority already uses lacto-scanners and mobile laboratories capable of conducting multiple on-the-spot tests, with some types of adulteration detectable within a minute.
She described milk adulteration as a serious public health issue, particularly for children, and noted that the Food Authority has already seized and destroyed millions of liters of adulterated milk while taking action against illegal production units in several cities across Punjab.
