Earlier this week, India’s central food regulator launched a nationwide enforcement drive against adulteration in milk and related products such as paneer. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India asked states and Union Territories to step up inspections of milk, paneer and khoya. Around the same time, egg quality checks were ordered after reports of banned antibiotic residues. Samples of both branded and unbranded eggs were sent to designated laboratories. All of this was presented as preventive action – routine regulatory housekeeping.
