Correspondence 2 Ministries to revive school / government milk to decide on reducing per capita milk consumption

According to Fars News Agency’s economic correspondent, today Hossein Chamani announced in a press conference on the occasion of World Milk Day: انه Per capita milk consumption in Iran is very low compared to the world average and the government should make plans to increase per capita consumption of this important and effective substance. Have in people’s health.

The advisor of the Dairy Industry Association, referring to the decrease in people’s purchasing power and the value of the Rial, said: “Dairy consumption has also decreased in proportion to this. We have to wait. But it is clear that if there is no support for the consumption sector, consumption will decrease again.

Chamani described milk as a very important food and said: “With the reduction of milk in the country, three groups are affected. The first victim is the government, which threatens the job opportunities of 2 million people.” In addition, health care and medical expenses will be multiplied, and the country’s distribution will decline as GDP decreases.

He declared the industry to be the second victim of the decrease in milk consumption and said: اینThe company’s revenues have sharply decreased and their profit margins have decreased.

According to this official, they are the third group of people who suffer from reduced milk consumption because the problems of the disease increase. 140,000 people suffer from bone fractures every year, and some of them become paralyzed by the end of the operation, or some of them die.They die.

According to the Ministry of Health, the per capita consumption of milk in the country is less than 70 kg and said: ‌ This is while the per capita consumption in 27 European countries is 260 kg.

“The lower eight deciles consume much less than 70 kilograms a year,” Chamani said.

* The school milk project was stopped in the Rouhani government

He emphasized the revival of school lions and said: “This important project was stopped in the Rouhani government after 10 years of its activity, which had positive effects on the health of the country’s students, and the 13th government should think about reviving this project.”

The consultant of the Dairy Industry Association stated that the reasons for stopping this project were lack of credit, lack of cultural attachment and also that many schools were not equipped with refrigerators.

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