Milk Cans To Replace Jerricans Today
EFFECTIVE today March 1, 2003, all milk dealers found transporting milk in plastic jerricans will be prosecuted.
By Imma Tumwesigye
EFFECTIVE today March 1, 2003, all milk dealers found transporting milk in plastic jerricans will be prosecuted.
Nathan Twinamasiko, the Dairy Development Authority (DDA) executive director said on Thursday that the deadline for phasing out jerricans has been changing due to the delays in the delivery of cans to recognised companies.
He was addressing a news conference at the DDA offices in Kampala on the phase out of jerricans.
He said Snowmans, dealers in milk cans and other cooling systems, now have cans with a capacity of about 32,000 litres, while Multiple Industries the other dealer in similar products, had cans with the capacity for 52,000 litres.
Twinamasiko said another firm Nkasi has 330 cans of 50 litres each.
“These would cater for 100,000 litres of milk that enter the city on a daily basis,†he said.
He said the cans are in various sizes of 10, 20 and 50 litres.
“Cans are now available on the market and therefore by March 1, it will be an offense for people to carry milk in jerricans,†Twinamasiko said.
He said the DDA staff had been put on various roads where milk is transported into Kampala. “We hope that people will comply,†he added.
Twinamasiko said jerri-cans are not meant to carry milk, because they are difficult to clean due to their shapes. He said the jerrican surfaces develop scratches with time.
“Due to its chemical composition, a jerrican imparts a smell to the milk it contains as a result of leaching. Also due to the possibility of multiple uses, the milk is prone to contamination,†Twinamasiko said.
He said the milk can has an advantage, because the former does not accumulate as much heat as the latter.
He also said jerricans cannot properly be cleaned due to their small openings.
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EFFECTIVE today March 1, 2003, all milk dealers found transporting milk in plastic jerricans will be prosecuted.
Nathan Twinamasiko, the Dairy Development Authority (DDA) executive director said on Thursday that the deadline for phasing out jerricans has been changing due to the delays in the delivery of cans to recognised companies.
He was addressing a news conference at the DDA offices in Kampala on the phase out of jerricans.
He said Snowmans, dealers in milk cans and other cooling systems, now have cans with a capacity of about 32,000 litres, while Multiple Industries the other dealer in similar products, had cans with the capacity for 52,000 litres.
Twinamasiko said another firm Nkasi has 330 cans of 50 litres each.
“These would cater for 100,000 litres of milk that enter the city on a daily basis,†he said.
He said the cans are in various sizes of 10, 20 and 50 litres.
“Cans are now available on the market and therefore by March 1, it will be an offense for people to carry milk in jerricans,†Twinamasiko said.
He said the DDA staff had been put on various roads where milk is transported into Kampala. “We hope that people will comply,†he added.
Twinamasiko said jerri-cans are not meant to carry milk, because they are difficult to clean due to their shapes. He said the jerrican surfaces develop scratches with time.
“Due to its chemical composition, a jerrican imparts a smell to the milk it contains as a result of leaching. Also due to the possibility of multiple uses, the milk is prone to contamination,†Twinamasiko said.
He said the milk can has an advantage, because the former does not accumulate as much heat as the latter.
He also said jerricans cannot properly be cleaned due to their small openings.
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