GENERAL18 Sept 2026
Who’s watching what we eat? Inside India’s food adulteration problem
Food adulteration cases are piling up across India — synthetic milk, fake paneer, brick dust in chilli powder. It affects every household, since milk reaches infants and the elderly daily. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, or FSSAI, offers the DART programme with simple home tests, and has begun legal action against Nestlé India over infant food rules. Learn a few home tests and report concerns.
Key Statutory Highlights
- FSSAI has started legal action against Nestlé India for not following the rules on infant food products.
- Common adulteration includes synthetic milk, fake or analogue paneer, spurious ghee, brick dust in red chilli powder, and boric acid in maida and rice.
- FSSAI's DART programme manual gives simple home tests, such as an iodine test where milk turns blue-black if starch is present.
Actionable Advice for Taxpayers / Founders:Try FSSAI's simple home tests, like the water test and iodine test, on the milk and everyday foods you buy. If something looks wrong, raise a complaint with the brand and your local food safety office, and keep the packet details safely with you.
Statutory Disclaimer: TaxQue Shorts are AI-assisted editorial briefs for compliance awareness. This brief has not passed every source check; confirm the original notification before acting. This does not constitute formal legal or CA counsel.
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