“It is noted that some comments made through various media outlets are misinterpretations of facts and intentions of the regulations. We wish to inform stakeholders that the processing of the regulations has been suspended to allow for consultations,” Ms Kibogy said. Currently, farmers sell their milk in raw form to supplement their earnings, creating employment for distributors. “KDB appears to imagine that traditional ways of treating milk, such as boiling, do not meet its threshold. "It imagines rather wrongly and without basis, that fresh milk sold at the so- called milk ATMs in supermarkets is safer than that what is sold directly without dispensers."

Source: Daily Nation March 25, 2019 17:48 UTC