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Milk Board Act.

Country/Territory
Sri Lanka
Document type
Legislation
Date
1954 (1964)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to provide for the constitution of a Board to establish and maintain facilities and services for the efficient and cheap production and marketing of milk, to promote the establishment and maintenance of such facilities and services by local authorities and other bodies and persons and to provide for matters incidental to or connected therewith.
Subject
Food & nutrition, Livestock
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Food security Milk/dairy products Institution Animal production
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Abstract

The Milk Board is established as a body corporate under section 2. It shall consist of seven members appointed by the Minister (sect. 4). Functions of the Board include providing cheap and efficient milk production, the purchase, distribution, grading, storage, etc. of milk, acquisition and maintenance of livestock, plants, machinery, etc., for purposes of production of milk, etc. (sect. 9). The Board may establish departments and agencies under section 10. The Board shall have the power to make rules with respect to matters specified in section 14. Remaining sections provide for financial arrangements of the Board and milk production by local authorities.

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