{"id":56709,"date":"2025-12-17T21:49:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/?p=56709"},"modified":"2025-12-17T21:49:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:19:56","slug":"fssai-orders-nationwide-special-enforcement-drive-against-adulteration-misbranding-of-milk-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/2025\/12\/17\/fssai-orders-nationwide-special-enforcement-drive-against-adulteration-misbranding-of-milk-products\/","title":{"rendered":"FSSAI orders nationwide special enforcement drive against adulteration &amp; misbranding of milk products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lotus_feed_featured_image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/organiser.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/untitled-88.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>NEW DELHI:<\/strong> FSSAI has also instructed States to ensure real-time reporting on FoSCoS, submit fortnightly enforcement reports, and strengthen inter-State coordination to curb the spread of adulterated milk products. The directive, issued under Section 16(5) of the FSS Act, aims to safeguard consumers and uphold food safety standards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on December 16 has directed all States &amp; Union Territories to launch a Special Enforcement Drive against adulteration and misbranding of milk and milk products, including paneer and khoya, sources told media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">FSSAI has directed all States &amp; UTs to launch a Special Enforcement Drive against adulteration and misbranding of milk and milk products, including paneer and khoya. The move follows multiple reports of unsafe, illegally manufactured dairy products posing serious public health\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/2000934146345198016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The move follows multiple reports of unsafe, illegally manufactured dairy products posing serious public health risks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cUnder the drive, food safety authorities will conduct intensive inspections of licensed and unlicensed dairy units, draw enforcement samples, verify FBO (Food Business Operators) registrations, and trace sources of adulteration. Strict action, including licence cancellation, seizures, recalls, and closure of illegal units, has been mandated,\u201d sources said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has also been asked that the State Regulators should sensitise and direct the hotels, restaurants, catering establishments, quick service restaurants, pubs and associations representing the food service and hospitality sector to ensure that no adulterated Paneer is procured, used, stored, prepared, served or sold in their premises and that they will be liable for punitive action for any violation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Further, they added that the FSSAI has also instructed States to ensure real-time reporting on the Food Safety Compliance System (FOSCOS), submit fortnightly enforcement reports, and strengthen inter-State coordination to curb the spread of adulterated milk products.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The directive, issued under Section 16(5) of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, aims to safeguard consumers and uphold food safety standards, they said<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recently, citing the festive season in September and October, which drives a spike in milk product consumption, the FSSAI announced a special surveillance and enforcement drive to curb adulteration and ensure food safety.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">FSSAI had instructed authorities to focus their efforts on hot spots and sensitive locations. Food Safety on Wheels (FSWs), a mobile food-testing lab, was also deployed at major marketplaces.<\/p>\n<p>Credit : Organiser Weekly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: FSSAI has also instructed States to ensure real-time reporting on FoSCoS, submit fortnightly enforcement reports, and strengthen inter-State coordination to curb the spread of adulterated milk products. The directive, issued under Section 16(5) of the FSS Act, aims to safeguard consumers and uphold food safety standards. 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