Omfed allows direct purchase of milk products from dairies

Bhubaneswar, May 24: Omfed today announced a new package individual/ firm/ agency/ wholesaler/distributor to purchase Omfed milk products directly from any of the Omfed dairy located in the State. “The minimum billing amount for milk products must be Rs7500 of any product mix for Bhubaneswar dairy and Rs.5000 for other dairies. There is no restriction for anyone to lift milk products above this threshold limit. The wholesalers who purchases Omfed milk products with the minimum billing amount can also purchase additional plain milk at retail price from the dairy point. The minimum order for milk should be 30 litres per billing,” said an official.   Officials said that the individual/ firm/ agency/ wholesaler can also intimate the respective Omfed dairies in advance and place necessary indents in case of large orders, so that the lots will be kept ready on the date of lifting. “These indents can be placed telephonically/ WhatsApp with the respective dairies. As per the revised guidelines issued by Omfed, now there will be no requirement for empanelment of distributors/ wholesalers and no security deposit/ agreement is required to be made with Omfed for availing products at wholesale rate,” added the official.