DAR ES SALAAM, May 23 -- THE Tanzania Dairy Board (TDB) has called on informal dairy products traders to shift towards value-added processing to improve consumer safety, enhance product standards and expand market access, ultimately boosting their incomes.

The TDB Acting Technical Service Manager, Ms Deorinidei Mngongo urged traders to cease unregulated operations, warning that such practices risk consumer health, compromise product quality and damage the reputation of the dairy industry.

She was speaking to journalists in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday ahead of the National Milk Week, which will be held from May 27 to June 1 this year in Morogoro Region.

“People should stop buying raw cows milk sold informally in plastic bottles along...