GRB Ghee Campaign Puts Science Behind Purity
GRB Dairy Foods has launched a new multilingual campaign showcasing the scientific testing and quality-assurance processes used to validate the purity and authenticity of its ghee. The campaign, being rolled out across Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Hindi, Odia and Bengali, uses digital and social media content to explain how advanced laboratory science supports ghee…
Punjab Bans Analogue Paneer for One Year
The Punjab government has imposed a one-year prohibition on the manufacture, storage, transportation, distribution and sale of analogue or non-dairy paneer being marketed as “paneer” across the state. The order was issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Punjab, with the move aimed at protecting public health and preventing consumers from being misled by…
80% of Rajasthan’s Marketable Milk Unorganised
The Rajasthan Cooperative Dairy Federation (RCDF) has informed the Rajasthan High Court that its regulatory and operational remit is limited, as approximately 80% of Rajasthan’s marketable milk is handled by the unorganised sector. The submission came amid proceedings concerning milk adulteration, safety and quality standards, highlighting the challenge of ensuring effective oversight across a dairy…
57 Tonnes of Milk Powder Declared Unsafe in Mandya
Two officials of the Mandya District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Societies Union Ltd. (MANMUL) have reportedly been suspended following the detection of 57 tonnes of skimmed milk powder that was declared unsafe due to adulteration concerns in Mandya, Karnataka. The action follows food-safety scrutiny of the milk powder and raises serious concerns over quality-control systems in…
Punjab Bans Analogue Paneer for One Year
The Punjab government has imposed a one-year prohibition on the manufacture, storage, transportation, distribution and sale of analogue or non-dairy paneer being marketed as “paneer” across the state. The order was issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Punjab, with the move aimed at protecting public health and preventing consumers from being misled by…
FSSAI Proposes Red Warnings on High-FSS Foods
India’s food regulator, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), has proposed introducing red-coloured, hexagonal front-of-pack warning labels on packaged foods that are high in specified levels of added saturated fat, added sugar and salt. The proposal was submitted to the Supreme Court through a six-page compliance affidavit on August 28, following the…
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…