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FSSAI allows labelling curd in regional names amid political controversy

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New Delhi: Food safety regulator FSSAI on Thursday revised its order and allowed the use of regional names in printed labels of curd packets amid political controversy in Tamil Nadu.
Food Business Operators (FBOs) are now allowed to use the term ‘curd’ along with any other prevalent regional common name in brackets on the label. For example, ‘Curd (Dahi)’ or ‘Curd (Mosaru), ‘Curd (Zaamutdaud)’, ‘Curd (Thayir)’, ‘Curd (Perugu)’ can be used, the Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said in a statement.
The order has been revised following various representations received recently on the omission of the term ‘curd’ from the Standards of Fermented Milk Products and only the word ‘Dahi’ was mentioned.
The controversy erupted after the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers Federation — which sells dairy products in brand name Aavin — declined to use the Hindi term ‘Dahi’ in its printed sachets as directed by FSSAI and said that it would only stick to the Tamil word ‘Thayir‘.
On Wednesday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin decried the move as an attempt to “impose Hindi”. Dairy Development Minister SM Nasar said the government had received a letter asking it to implement the directive before August.
“The unabashed insistence of #HindiImposition have come to the extent of directing us to label even a curd packet in Hindi, relegating Tamil & Kannada in our own states. Such brazen disregard to our mother tongues will make sure those responsible are banished from South forever,” Stalin said in a tweet.
BJP state unit chief K Annamalai has said the notification was not in tandem with the Centre’s policy of promoting regional languages.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 30, 2023
TN govt cooperative not to use ‘dahi’ but only ‘thayir’ for curd

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Chennai: In what could be another opposition to imposing Hindi in the state, Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Federation known as, Aavin, will use only ‘thayir’ instead of ‘dhahi‘.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has directed all the state governments to print the word ‘dhahi’ before August 2023 in all the sachets that sell ‘Curd’.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said that this was another move to ‘impose Hindi’ in the state. State minister for cooperatives, S.M. Nasar said that the state government cooperative will not use the word ‘dhahi’ as directed by the FSSAI and instead would stick on to the local term ‘thayir’ for curd.
The Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Federation officials told IANS that the message of the state government that it would use only the word ‘thayir’ and not ‘dhahi’ has been communicated to the FSSAI.
Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu state president of the BJP opposed the move of the FSSAI to use ‘dhahi’ and added that this was not in tandem with the central government policy of promoting regional languages.
In a tweet, Annamalai said, “The notification released by the FSSAI for the use of the word, Dhahi in curd sachets produced by the state-run cooperative societies is not in tandem with the policy of our Hon PM Thiru@narendramodi avl to promote regional languages. We want an immediate rollback on the notification.”
The notification released by FSSAI for the use of “Dhahi” in curd sachets produced by state-run cooperative societies is not in tandem with the policy of our Hon PM Thiru @narendramodi avl to promote regional languages.
We want an immediate rollback of the notification. pic.twitter.com/SKK18O59li
— K.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) March 29, 2023
The DMK functionaries have also tweeted in large numbers against the FSSAI directive. A twitter hashtag, “DahiNahipoda” (No to Dahi. Go on) is going viral on Twitter.
It is to be recalled that Tamil Nadu has a long history of fighting for the language and several agitations had taken place in the state for the Tamil language pride.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 30, 2023
TN CM condemns Hindi imposition in labelling curd

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Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday condemned imposition of Hindi even in labelling curd and said those responsible for it would be “banished” from southern parts of the country.
On his Twitter handle, Stalin posted a news report on Food Safety and Standards Authority of India directing Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) to label curd as “dahi” prominently.
The Bengaluru datelined report in “The Hindu” on Wednesday said the FSSAI directed the KMF to use the Kannada equivalent for curd “mosaru” in brackets.
“The FSSAI clarification on labelling curd has come recently after Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka milk federations sought usage of local names on the curd sachets,” the report said. Also, Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers Federation has been told by FSSAI that to Tamil words “tair” or “tayir” could be used in brackets.
Citing the report, Stalin said: “The unabashed insistences of #HindiImposition have come to the extent of directing us to label even a curd packet in Hindi, relegating Tamil & Kannada in our own states. Such brazen disregard to our mother tongues will make sure those responsible are banished from South forever.”
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March 29, 2023