Haryana Tightens Rules on Ghee Labelling and Analogue Dairy
The Haryana government has introduced a one-year prohibition on the sale of analogue paneer and margarine marketed as “makhan” (butter), while also tightening how ghee can be marketed. The move is aimed at preventing adulteration, misleading food claims and consumer deception, with authorities directing that ghee should not be marketed under labels such as “ghee…
80% of Rajasthan’s Marketable Milk Unorganised
The Rajasthan Cooperative Dairy Federation (RCDF) has told the Rajasthan High Court that its remit is limited and that approximately 80% of the State’s marketable milk is handled by the unorganised sector, which falls outside the federation’s operational purview. The clarification highlights the scale of Rajasthan’s informal dairy market and the challenges of ensuring comprehensive…
Mumbai FDA Destroys 4,710 Litres of Milk
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has busted a major milk adulteration racket operating from the Mahape MIDC area in Navi Mumbai, seizing and destroying 4,710 litres of adulterated and suspect milk valued at ₹1,85,780. The action followed an FDA raid on M/s P.K. Dairy on August 19, 2026, based on confidential intelligence, where officials…
FSSAI Cracks Down on Ghee and Retail Food Safety
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has taken strict enforcement action against two food businesses, suspending the licence of Marche Retail Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, for 30 days and prohibiting Daman-based SDP Industries Pvt Ltd from selling all variants of its ghee products over serious food-safety and compliance concerns. In the case…
Karnataka Bans Analogue Paneer for One Year
Karnataka has imposed a one-year ban on the manufacture, processing, packaging, storage, transportation, distribution and sale of analogue or non-dairy paneer marketed as “paneer” across the state. The order, issued by the Karnataka Food Safety and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, is aimed at protecting public health and preventing…
Himachal Pradesh Bans Analogue Paneer
Himachal Pradesh has prohibited the manufacture, storage, distribution and sale of non-dairy “analogue paneer” being passed off as genuine dairy paneer across the state. The order was issued by Commissioner of Food Safety Ashish Singhmar under Section 30(2)(a) of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, has come into immediate effect and will remain operational…
Bombay HC Orders ₹5 Lakh Compensation to Pune Sweet Shop
The Bombay High Court has directed Maharashtra’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to pay ₹5 lakh compensation to Pune-based Gurunanak Dairy and Sweets, after questioning why its food licence remained suspended despite a subsequent inspection finding the establishment 98% compliant with food-safety norms. The shop’s licence was suspended on June 12, 2026, following an inspection…
Sabarimala Milma Ghee Case: Records Seized
The vigilance team probing the alleged misappropriation of ghee supplied by Milma to the Sabarimala Sannidhanam during the 2025–26 pilgrimage season has informed the Kerala High Court that it has seized records from various offices of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) and Milma and questioned numerous witnesses. Vigilance SP M J Sojan, who is heading…
Uttar Pradesh Bans Analogue Dairy Products
The Uttar Pradesh government has imposed a statewide ban on analogue dairy products, including analogue paneer, ghee, khoya, cream and chhena, as part of a major crackdown on adulterated and counterfeit dairy products. The move by the Yogi Adityanath government aims to protect consumers, strengthen food safety and ensure that milk and milk products sold…
Infant Formula Prices Put Babies at Risk
High infant-formula prices are becoming more than a household affordability issue—they can become a child nutrition and public-health concern, particularly for families who depend on formula feeding. The article examines how the rising cost of infant formula can push financially constrained families towards cutting back on quantities, diluting formula or switching to less suitable feeding…