Rejection from several manufacturers of dairy-based products have led to the draining of thousands of liters of fresh milk by a dairy farm in Malaysia.
New Straits Times, a local daily, reported here on Wednesday that First Dairy Farm (Malaysia)Sdn Bhd had disposed of some 90, 000 liters of milk worth more than 250,000 ringgit (71,428.57 U.S. dollars) since early this
month.
On Tuesday, thousands of liters of milk were again drained, when the lorries returned to the farm at Muadzam Shah, a town in the district of
Rompin, Pahang State, after being rejected.
The daily quoted the company's managing director Mohd Alwi Abdullah as saying that the manufacturers of dairy products claimed that the milk had turned bad and was contaminated with bacteria.
However, an immediate test showed that the milk remained consumable, stressed Alwi.
Alwi said that some manufacturers prefer using milk from New Zealand and Australia as they offer a much lower price.
If the largest dairy producer in peninsula Malaysia was forced to cease operations, Alwi said the problem of fresh milk shortage might arise in the country.
Therefore, he asked for the Malaysian Agriculture and Agro- based Industry Ministry to find solutions to the matter in order to protect local dairy industry.