2 days ago
J&K FDA Bans 10 Ghee Batches, Orders Immediate Market Withdrawal
Food officials in Jammu and Kashmir tested several batches of ghee.
They said 10 batches did not meet required safety and quality rules.
The tests found signs of vegetable fat and other unusual results.
Ghee is supposed to be made only from milk or milk products.
Officials have stopped the affected batches from being sold, stored or distributed.
Shops and suppliers must remove them and report their remaining stock within 48 hours.
Teams will check markets to help prevent the products from circulating.
Businesses can ask an approved referral laboratory to test the samples again, while shoppers should check labels and batch numbers.
Jammu and Kashmir’s Food and Drugs Administration banned 10 ghee batches after tests classified them as unsafe, misbranded and sub-standard.
Samples collected across Jammu and Kashmir were examined by laboratories in Ghaziabad and Kashmir.
Tests found beta-sitosterol suggesting foreign vegetable fat, positive Baudouin results and abnormal fatty-acid profiles.
Wholesalers, distributors, retailers and other food businesses must stop sales and report available stock within 48 hours.
Food businesses may seek re-analysis through a referral laboratory notified by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
- Who
- The Jammu and Kashmir Food and Drugs Administration, food businesses and consumers are involved.
- What
- The FDA prohibited the sale, storage, distribution and display of 10 identified ghee batches after laboratory tests found them non-conforming.
- Where
- The order applies across Jammu and Kashmir, with samples collected in areas including Anantnag, Jammu, Samba, Kathua, Tral and Pampore.
- When
- The prohibition took effect immediately; food businesses must report available stock within 48 hours.
- Why
- Laboratory tests found beta-sitosterol indicating foreign vegetable fat, positive Baudouin results, abnormal fatty-acid profiles and deviations from prescribed standards.
Public Health Protection
Business Re-analysis Rights
Immediate prohibition
Public Health Protection
The FDA says the batches should be removed from circulation because laboratory analysis classified them as unsafe, misbranded and sub-standard.
Business Re-analysis Rights
The order does not remove food businesses’ statutory right to seek re-analysis of the samples through an FSSAI-notified referral laboratory.
Consumer response
Public Health Protection
The FDA and a Srinagar resident urged vigilance, including checking brand names, batch numbers and packing details before buying ghee.
Business Re-analysis Rights
Food businesses must comply with the withdrawal order while using the available statutory re-analysis process if they contest the findings.
Key facts
- Regulator
- Food and Drugs Administration, Jammu and Kashmir
- Batches prohibited
- 10 ghee batches
- Legal basis
- Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006
- Testing laboratories
- National Food Laboratory, Ghaziabad, and Food Testing Laboratory, Kashmir
- Affected brands
- Dairy Mohan, Apna Dairy Milk, Milk Bite, Nandni, Shahi Taj, Daawat Fresh, Nand Krishna, Vandu, Dairy Milk and Mohan Dairy
- Required business action
- Stop sale, storage, distribution and display, withdraw affected batches, and submit stock details within 48 hours
- Appeal option
- Food business operators may seek re-analysis through a Food Safety and Standards Authority of India-notified referral laboratory
Quotes
Ghulam Rasool Khan
A resident of Hyderpora, Srinagar, commenting on consumers receiving adulterated ghee.
“People spend hard-earned money expecting safe food, but end up buying products laced with adulteration. Paying premium prices for ghee and receiving unsafe, misbranded goods is nothing short of betrayal.”
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Sources
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