Is your paneer real? Maharashtra orders restaurants to disclose types of cottage cheese used in billMaharashtra's Food and Drug Administration now mandates restaurants and eateries to clearly disclose if "paneer" is genuine or a substitute...
01 May, 2026, 11.06 AM IST
Fake mango alert: 3,800 kg of chemically made pulp seized in Pune. Know side effects & how to identify artificially ripened aam at homeMango Adulteration Alert: With the mango season in full swing, rising cases of mango adulteration in India have sparked serious food safety...
16 Apr, 2026, 12.36 PM IST
Milk purity test: How to detect detergent-based synthetic milk in just 10 secondsConcerns over synthetic milk are growing. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, FSSAI, has provided a simple 10-second home tes...
29 Mar, 2026, 01.48 PM IST
Five years of poison! Police bust fake dairy supplying toxic milk made with detergent, urea, and other dangerous chemicalsGujarat fake milk racket: A factory in Gujarat was raided for allegedly producing and distributing milk and buttermilk contaminated with de...
09 Feb, 2026, 12.42 PM IST
Milk in India largely safe, quality issue persist: FSSAIThe study, found that, little less than 10 per cent samples (638) had contaminants.
13 Nov, 2018, 04.04 PM IST
Is the milk you are having safe? Here's what you need to knowTwo out of every three Indians drink milk adulterated with detergent, caustic soda, urea and paint.
08 Oct, 2018, 03.07 PM IST
68% milk & milk products in India not as per FSSAI standard: OfficialThe Animal Welfare Board member said the adulterants in milk are hazardous and can cause irreversible damage to human organs.
05 Sep, 2018, 07.36 PM IST
Maharashtra government to make adulteration of milk a non-bailable offenceGirish Bapat said in the Legislative Assembly that if the punishment for milk adulteration was increased to three years, there will be no s...
13 Mar, 2018, 12.52 PM IST
Milk adulteration: Supreme Court voices concern, asks Centre to change lawsThe court, while issuing a slew of guidelines to curb milk adulteration, said infants are "traditionally" fed milk and hence, stringent ste...
05 Aug, 2016, 09.57 PM IST
No formal complaint against milk adulteration: GovernmentShripad Yesso Naik said that the FSSAI regularly takes up the issue of enforcement of provisions of the Act and regulations thereunder the ...
10 May, 2016, 07.54 PM IST
Is your milk safe to drink? Containing contamination in milkNow a cheap milk testing kit has been developed by the Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL) in Mysuru, which is a part of the gigantic D...
06 Mar, 2016, 10.45 AM IST
DIY quick guide to spot adulterated food itemsToday, most of your food items are adulterated. Food safety analysts tell you how to catch the crooks in your kitchen.
15 Jun, 2015, 10.44 AM IST
Milk adulteration: Supreme Court asks Centre to consider amending law"We hope and trust that the Centre will take appropriate measures in the winter session of Parliament," a bench of justices M Y Eqbal and S...
11 Nov, 2014, 07.34 PM IST
Government to make adulteration of milk a serious crimeThe court had suggested that the crime of adulteration of milk should be made punishable with life imprisonment.
06 Aug, 2014, 11.56 AM IST
Make milk adulteration punishable upto life imprisonment: SCA bench headed by Justice K S Radhakrishnan said that the issue is very "serious" and asked the govts to take immediate steps to control th...
30 Jan, 2014, 08.11 PM IST
68% milk in country non-conforming to FSSAI standard: GovernmentThe most common adulterant was found to be the addition of water, and the main reason for deviation from the standards was addition of gluc...
21 Oct, 2012, 12.29 PM IST
- State steps in to arrest milk adulteration
The massive crackdown on adulterated milk in Maharashtra last month prompted the state government to make protein-testing mandatory for dai...
24 Sep, 2009, 12.44 AM IST