Consumer organisations have called on the Kenya Dairy Board and other controlling agencies to conduct high level training and certification of milk vendors and marketing channels. SNV-Kenya through their support to Consumer Unity and Trust Society Nairobi has been facilitating this process under the Voice 4 Change. The networks include Consumer Downtown Association, Consumer Unity and Trust Society, CIN, Kenya Consumer Organization and Consumer Grassroots Association, also in coalition with public health officers, Kenya Dairy Board, Kenya Bureau of Standards among other representatives. The consumer organizations have since conducted a research on status of food safety in Kenya and presented the findings to relevant government agencies. The consumer report has shown producers, hawkers or mobile traders and milk bars are the main suppliers of raw milk to consumers in the rural and peri-urban areas.

Source: The Star June 15, 2020 00:56 UTC