Delhi HC Stays FSSAI Order Against Dabur Labels
The Delhi High Court has granted interim relief to Dabur India by staying the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s (FSSAI) recent order that prohibited the sale of food products carrying claims such as “100% Pure”, “100% Natural”, “100% Organic” and similar declarations, marking a significant development in the ongoing debate over food labelling…
Gujarat Warns Dairy Analogue Firms of Licence Cancellation
Gujarat has intensified its crackdown on dairy analogue products, warning that food business operators manufacturing or selling non-compliant analogue dairy products could face suspension or cancellation of their FSSAI licences for violating food safety regulations. The action follows a series of inspections by the Gujarat Food and Drugs Control Administration (FDCA), which uncovered widespread misuse…
Doctors Seek Crackdown on Faux Paneer in Restaurants
Health experts and nutritionists have urged authorities to intensify enforcement against the use of analogue or “faux” paneer in restaurants, hotels, cloud kitchens and catering establishments, warning that consumers may unknowingly be served vegetable oil-based substitutes instead of genuine milk paneer. The appeal follows recent regulatory action against analogue paneer in several states and growing…
FSSAI Tightens Food Labelling Rules Amid Health Claims
India’s food labelling regulations are coming under sharper regulatory scrutiny as the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) intensifies enforcement against misleading product claims under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 and the Food Safety and Standards (Advertising & Claims) Regulations, 2018. The regulator has stated that ambiguous and unverifiable claims such…
Formula Prices Push UK Families Into Crisis
United Kingdom: A new Medical Research Council-funded study led by Swansea University has revealed the severe impact of rising infant formula prices on the health, finances and mental wellbeing of UK families, with soaring costs forcing many parents into debt and unsafe feeding practices. Based on surveys and interviews with 281 financially struggling parents, the…
AP Govt Flags Dairy Decline Under Previous Regime
The Andhra Pradesh government has stated in the Lok Sabha that the state’s dairy sector witnessed a significant slowdown during the previous YSRCP government, citing declines in milk procurement, cooperative performance and farmer participation. Responding during Parliament’s Question Hour, the Centre shared statistics provided by the state government indicating that daily milk procurement by cooperative…
Location Intelligence Can Transform Dairy Operations
Location intelligence is emerging as a powerful digital tool for dairy companies seeking to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and make data-driven decisions across the value chain. By integrating geographic data with enterprise systems such as Microsoft Dynamics 365, dairy businesses can visualise milk procurement routes, customer locations, processing facilities, distributors, and retail networks on interactive…
White Revolution 2.0 Accelerates Dairy Cooperatives
The Government of India has outlined the progress of White Revolution 2.0, an ambitious initiative aimed at expanding dairy cooperatives, strengthening existing societies, and promoting sustainability across the dairy sector. The programme targets the formation of 75,000 new Dairy Cooperative Societies (DCSs) and the strengthening of 46,422 existing DCSs nationwide. So far, 24,097 new DCSs…
Hatsun Agro Plans ₹1,000 Cr Capex for FY27
Chennai-based Hatsun Agro Product Ltd (HAP), India’s largest private-sector dairy company, has announced a ₹1,000 crore capital expenditure plan for FY27 to expand milk procurement, strengthen its distribution network, modernise production facilities, and enhance brand marketing as it accelerates growth in the value-added dairy segment. The company is targeting daily sales of 2.4 crore product…
Maharashtra Bans Analogue Paneer for One Year
The Maharashtra government has imposed a one-year statewide ban on the manufacture, processing, packing, storage, transportation, distribution, wholesale and retail sale of analogue (non-dairy) paneer, intensifying its crackdown on adulterated dairy products and consumer fraud. The order, issued by Food Safety Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe on July 30, 2026, comes into immediate effect and makes Maharashtra…