The Karnataka government has prohibited the production, storage, distribution and sale of ‘analogue paneer’ being sold as ‘paneer’ across the state for a year to safeguard public health, officials said on Saturday.
“The Food Safety Division of the Department of Food Safety and Drug Administration, Karnataka, has issued a Government Notification dated August 17, prohibiting the manufacturing, processing, packing, storage, distribution, transportation, wholesale and retail sales, display for sale and supply of Analogue/Non-Dairy Paneer being sold under the name ‘Paneer’ in the state for a year,” the department Commissioner Srinivas K, said in a statement.
A product prepared in the form of paneer by wholly or partially replacing milk fat or milk solids with vegetable oil, vegetable fat or other non-dairy ingredients is considered Analogue /Non-Dairy Paneer, officials said.
Such a product shall not be labelled, marketed, sold or represented to consumers as ‘paneer’, they said.
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