In Ahmedabad, Gujarat, food safety authorities have raised alarm over significant lapses in dairy product quality after multiple paneer samples tested positive for adulteration and unsafe conditions, highlighting ongoing risks to public health from counterfeit and substandard dairy products.
Recent lab tests conducted by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) Food Department revealed that several paneer samples collected from shops and manufacturing units across the city failed safety and quality checks, with many declared unsafe or substandard for consumption. The inspections, carried out across multiple localities, also found quality violations in other dairy items including butter and ghee.
The AMC’s health department reported that substances such as low-grade fats, palm oil, starch and sulphur dioxide were detected in some food products, and that repeated violations prompted notices, registration of cases under the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Act, and sealing of offending units. Officials warned that such adulterants can pose serious health risks — including digestive disorders, malnutrition and long-term illnesses when regularly consumed.
This local action in Ahmedabad echoes broader enforcement efforts seen across India before major festivals, where regulators have seized hundreds of kilograms of adulterated paneer and other dairy products in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Karnataka — often containing unsafe additives or expired ingredients — to protect consumer health.
Food safety experts and civic authorities are now urging the public to prioritize branded, regulated dairy products, and intensifying surveillance and lab testing to curb the dangerous spread of adulterated paneer and uphold standards in the dairy value chain.
Source : Dairynews7x7 march 3rd 2026 Read full story here
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