KMC Raids Kolkata Markets, Seizes Stale Dairy Products
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has intensified its food-safety crackdown, conducting raids at Bowbazar’s traditional Chhana Patti and Gariahat markets and seizing and destroying stale dairy products and frozen meat. KMC enforcement and food-safety teams inspected several shops at Chhana Patti and also tested paneer samples using iodine solution to check quality and detect possible…
Hyderabad Drive Exposes Palm Oil in Analogue Paneer
A food-safety inspection drive in Hyderabad has uncovered the use of palm oil and glycerol monostearate in the manufacture of analogue paneer, prompting authorities to suspend the FSSAI licences of three dairy units. The Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs inspected 14 dairy units and seized about 1 tonne of palm oil and…
Gujarat Cracks Down on Analogue Paneer
Gujarat has banned the production, storage, transportation and sale of analogue paneer, as food-safety authorities intensify action against cheaper substitutes being sold as milk paneer. Gujarat is now the third State after Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra to impose such a ban, following a series of inspections and raids that found products made with non-dairy fats and…
Farmers Seek Revised Milk Quality Norms in Tamil Nadu
The Tamizhaga Vivasayigal Paadhugappu Sangam has urged the Tamil Nadu government to revise the quality specifications used for milk procurement, seeking a reduction in the prescribed standards from 4.3% Fat and 8.2% SNF to 4.0% Fat and 8.0% SNF, while fixing the milk procurement rate at ₹44 per litre. The demand was made by the…
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…
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…
Mathura Raid Exposes 1,500 Kg Fake Paneer
A major food-safety raid in Mathura has exposed 1,500 kg of adulterated paneer and 3,000 litres of adulterated milk, highlighting the continuing risks of dairy adulteration during a period of high consumer demand. According to reports from the Uttar Pradesh Food Safety Department, officials raided a cheese manufacturing unit in Kosi Kalan, Mathura, where the…
Maharashtra FDA Plans End-to-End Milk Traceability
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is strengthening its fight against milk adulteration by introducing tighter food-safety requirements and end-to-end traceability across the milk supply chain. The new framework, issued under Food Safety Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe, extends regulatory scrutiny beyond retailers to milk producers, collection centres, dairy processing units, transporters, distributors, wholesalers and retailers,…
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…