Jammu, August 30: The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), Jammu and Kashmir, has prohibited the sale, storage, distribution and display of 10 specific Ghee brands and batches across the Union Territory after laboratory tests found them to be sub-standard, unsafe and misbranded.
The action was taken under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, following testing by laboratories in Ghaziabad and Kashmir. The samples, collected from areas including Anantnag, Jammu, Samba, Kathua, Tral and Pampore, showed signs of foreign vegetable fat, positive Baudouin tests and abnormal fatty-acid profiles.
The batches covered by the prohibition include Dairy Mohan Desi Ghee (05), Apna Dairy Milk Desi Ghee (DM-06), Milk Bite Cow Ghee (137), Nandni Desi Ghee (ND-28), Shahi Taj Desi Ghee (134), Daawat Fresh (VT09), Nand Krishna Cow Ghee (PC-05-26), Vandu Cow Ghee (D143), Dairy Milk Desi Ghee (OM12) and Mohan Dairy Ghee (06).
The FDA has directed wholesalers, distributors and retailers to immediately stop selling the affected batches and report their stock details to the concerned authorities within 48 hours.
Consumers have also been advised to check the brand, batch number and packing date before purchasing Ghee and report any prohibited products found in the market.
