Aavin

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Aavin

Type

Cooperative

Genre

Milk and milk products

Predecessor

Tamil Nadu Dairy Development Corporation Limited

Founded

1958 (Tamil Nadu, India)

Headquarters

Tamil Nadu

Revenue

US$ 660 million (2012-13)

Owner

Government of Tamil Nadu

Parent

Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and

Fisheries (Tamil Nadu)

Website

http://www.aavinmilk.com/

Aavin(Tamil:) is the trademark of Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk Producers' Federation

Limited, a Tamil Nadu-based milk producer's union. Aavin procures milk, processes it and sells milk
and milk products to consumers.
Contents
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1Meaning of name

2History

3Activities

4Milk Products of AAVIN

5Controversies

6References

7External links

8See also

Meaning of name[edit]
'Aa' or '' in Tamil means 'cow' and '' means 'milk'. 'Aavin paal' (' ') translates to 'cow's
milk'(' ').

History[edit]
The Dairy Development Department was established in Tamil Nadu in the year 1958 to oversee and
regulate milk production and commercial distribution in the state. The Dairy Development
Department took over control of the milk cooperatives. It was replaced by the Tamil Nadu
Cooperative Milk Producers Federation Limited in the year 1981.
On February 1, 1981, the commercial activities of the cooperative were handed over to Tamil Nadu
Co-operative Milk Producers' Federation Limited which sold milk and milk products under the
trademark "aavin". Tamil Nadu is one of the leading states in India in milk production with about 14.5
million liters per day.

Activities[edit]
The Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk Producers' Federation Limited is an apex body of 17 District
Cooperative Milk Producers' Unions. It is headquartered located at Aavin Illam,Madhavaram Milk
Colony, Chennai and has four dairy plants at the following locations in Chennai.[1]

Ambattur - capacity of 4 LLPD

Madhavaram - capacity of 3 LLPD

Sholinganallur - capacity of 4 LLPD

Ambattur - Product Dairy

These dairies collect milk from district unions, process and pack in sachets and send for sale to the
consumers. The Ambattur product Dairy is engaged in the manufacture of milk products.

Milk Products of AAVIN[edit]

Aavin produces 4 varieties of milk.[2]

Toned milk (3% fat)

Doubled toned milk (1.5% fat)

Standardized Milk (4.5% fat)

Full Cream Milk (6% fat)

It is also engaged in the manufacture of milk products such as milk khoa, mysorepak, gulab jamun,
khalakand, butter milk, lassi, curd yoghurt and ice-creams.

Controversies[edit]
In the Year 2012 there were widespread complaints about the milk being adulterated. Especially
when the milk was being transported from cooperative societies to diaries. There was no serious
action taken. However, in the year 2014 a major adulteration racket was busted by the police in the
district of Villupuram. The modus operandi of the gang was to transfer 45 cans of milk from the lorry
that carries pure milk from Chennai Aavin dairy to Tiruvannamalai, into cans kept on mini lorries. An
equal quantity of water was filled to ensure that their tracks are covered. Aavin later confirmed that it
encountered a loss of INR 10 crores due to this racket.

References[edit]
1.

Jump up^ Dairy Development Department, Government of Tamilnadu. "Policy Notes".

Retrieved 16 July 2010.

2.

Jump up^ Government of Tamilnadu (11 March 2008). "Press Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 16
July 2010.