Milk in Nepal and India: the difference!

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 I have observed that whenever milk ferments when I am in India, the paneer or cottage cheese does not come out easily. Even if I boil it and add lime juice to it, the cheese formed is quite little and more powdery than cheesy.  But when the same happens in Nepal, the cheese formation is immediate, dense and cheesy. I do not have to do more efforts to get cottage cheese out of the milk in Nepal. What is the reason? I checked internet and found some factors that can affect the quality and amount of cheese  1. Freedom from pathogenic bacteria - Good cheese forms of milk is free from pathogenic bacteria. Differences between Nepali vs Indian panipuri  2. Different milk quality with different amounts of fats and proteins  3. Ultra-pasteurization can destroy vital enzymes and bacteria that are required for cheese formation  4. If temperature of milk is less when it ferments, cheese formation will be less.  5. If milk is rancid, it means it's fats are also br...
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Big food retailers and supermarkets in the USA gear up to play an active role in mass covid-19 immunization program!

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 Big grocery shops and supermarkets have stepped in to inform shoppers about their role in the mass immunization program that has started in the USA against COVIC-19. H-E-B, Kroger, Walmart, and others are issuing statements to their clients on how they are part of the immunization program of the USA in phase 1b. The grocery shops are working with the US public health departments to manage their immunization campaigns. They are also committed to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control and are doing their bit for the society. These food retailers had helped earlier as well by providing covid-19 tests on their premises. And now, they are also going to be an active part of the mass inoculation program against coronavirus.

Big grocery shops in the USA and the mass covid-19 immunization program

Big food retailers and supermarkets are gearing up to play an active role in the mass covid-19 immunization program that has started in the USA. Earlier, the food retailers were also offering covid-19 tests on their premises for shoppers. And now they would be offering the covid-19 vaccines too.

USA Supermarket [Source: Pinterest]

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The supermarkets have started providing the information on their websites and on the local premises for the shoppers on when and how they can get the covid-19 vaccine. The vaccine is now being administered to the frontline healthcare workers in phase 1 of the 3-phased immunization campaign in the USA.

H-E-B has also provided details and guidelines for its personnel on how to vaccinate. The vaccines are in short supply and hence care has to be taken to see to it that it does not spoil. The websites have also given the reason behind the short supply of the vaccine. They have laid down the criteria for people who will get the vaccination now and also on how the people can show their eligibility to receive the vaccine. The procedure on how to get an appointment for the vaccination and it has also stressed that it is acting in accordance with the directions it got from the CDC and the local public health department.

Kroger and its directions on the website

Food retailer Kroger has also posted guidelines on who gets the vaccination first. It also asserted that the vaccine is highly effective and it is good to take it. It also talks about the safety of the vaccine.

On the other hand, Walmart is first vaccinating its own pharmacy staff before it goes on to vaccinate the public at large. It added on its website in the form of FAQs that it is working in accordance with the directions issued to it from the public health authorities.

Albertsons also revealed that it is part of the national vaccine-distribution plan and would be working along with it. There is also a place for people to sign up for new information related to the vaccination program.

There is a general feeling amongst the epidemiologists and policymakers that people may get misguided about the vaccination and this would deter them from taking the vaccine. For its part, both Facebook and Twitter have removed all false information about the vaccination against the deadly coronavirus!!!

 

 

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