Srinagar: In a major action aimed at safeguarding public health, the Commissioner of Food Safety, Jammu and Kashmir, Smita Sethi, has issued a prohibitory order banning the manufacture, sale, distribution, import, and transportation of loose paneer containing foreign or vegetable fat across the Union Territory with immediate effect.

According an order, under of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, comes after multiple enforcement drives revealed large consignments of paneer being brought into J&K from neighboring states under unhygienic and non-refrigerated conditions. Officials said the seized stocks lacked proper bills, invoices, and warranty declarations — a violation of Regulation 2.1.14(2) of the Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Regulation

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