Karnataka’s Food Safety and Drugs Administration

Karnataka’s Food Safety and Drugs Administration has recently taken a significant step in regulating the dairy market by prohibiting the production and sale of analogue and non-dairy paneer products across the state for a duration of one year. This action affects the manufacture, sale, distribution, and use of products where non-dairy ingredients substitute milk components, or products are marketed as paneer.

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The order specifically defines paneer as a product made from milk, which may include permitted milk solids, produced through the precipitation process using approved acidulants followed by heating. This move aims to ensure the integrity and quality of paneer products available in the market.