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PCSIR declares Olper’s milk 100pc pure & safe for consumption

January 31, 2018

Karachi: The country’s leading scientific and technological research organization – Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) declared Olper’s and Olper’s Lite, Engro Foods Limited’s (EFL) ultra-heat treatment (UHT) milk brands, 100% pure & safe, based over the tests on 16 packaged milk brands in line with the directives of the Supreme Court recent proceedings.

Olper’s samples had to undergo extensive tests within various physical, biological and chemical parameters which are acceptable globally. The brand has always been declared as ‘acceptable for human consumption’ in all tests conducted during the past two years.

Furthermore, Olper’s has also been declared pure & safe for consumption by other renowned laboratories – euro fins, ISO-17025 and Intertek. Irrespective of these tests, EFL’s products are certified with FSSC 22000 in addition to ISO 9000, ISO 14000, ISO 18000 and ISO 22000 certifications – awarded based on third party audit of the manufacturing sites in detail.

To ensure that supreme quality standards for the raw milk being collected, EFL’s Quality Assurance department performs 27 stringent physiochemical tests before the UHT process – ranging from sourcing to packaging.