Water buffalo grazing at the edge of a muddy stream with an egret beside it

Sahiwal and Okara, Pakistan

Desi ghee recorded from the milk source and churning day to the purity test on each tin.

Dairy households in Sahiwal and Okara churn butter into ghee for local sale. We record each tin's milk source, churning day and purity test, so buyers can see the ghee is made from pure butter.

Batch GT-6107

Desi ghee

Milk group Okara 4

Churned 11 March

Purity test passed

Held until the lab says pass

A churned batch waits in the store. Only after the lab's purity result is written on the line can the ghee be poured into tins and sold.

  1. Churnedbatch logged
  2. Heldsample at the lab
  3. Passedresult signed
  4. Tinnedcode printed

On every tin line

Milk source

The milk source is named by household group, not by individual.

Churning day

The churning day is written and the batch is held until the test is passed.

Purity test

A lab purity test is written on each batch before it is tinned.

Black and white dairy cow lying in green pasture
  1. CollectMilk is collected and the source group is logged.
  2. ChurnButter is churned and the day is written.
  3. ClarifyGhee is clarified and the batch is tested.
  4. TinPassed batches are tinned with the record code.