Vegetable Fat Found in Paneer: J&K Imposes Immediate Ban on Loose Varieties0

• A to Z, Food Hygiene, Food Laws, General, Health & Wellness, News
• October 29, 2025

Key Development The Food Safety Department of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has banned the manufacture, sale, distribution, and transport of loose paneer containing vegetable or foreign fat across the Union Territory. The move follows laboratory findings that confirmed the presence of Beta-Sitosterol, a compound indicating adulteration with vegetable fat. Commissioner of Food Safety Smita Sethi