FSSAI Declares Yak As Food Animal: Report
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The Food Safety & Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) has declared the Himalayan Yak can be used in the dairy market. The decision was reportedly taken after the Arunachal Pradesh-based ICAR-National Research Centre (ICARN) had written a letter to FSSAI, an agency Under the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, last year. Elated by the positive response, ICARN director Dr Mihir Sarkar said that FSSAI's decision will help the Yak farmers commercially and boost its production system, reports stated.He added, “It is less remunerative because the two principal products, yak milk and meat, were not part of the conventional dairy and meat industries, as this animal was not approved by the FSSAI as a food animal. However, the approval will promote commercial yak rearing an...