India, Oct. 14 -- The Delhi high court on Wednesday issued notice on a petition seeking to restrain the manufacture and sale of analogue products allegedly being passed off as paneer in the national capital.

A bench of acting chief justice Nitin Sambre and justice Sanjay Sharma sought the Centre, FSSAI and Delhi government's response in a petition filed by one law student, Ridhima Singh, and advocate AP Siddharth in six weeks.

Analogue paneer is a product made to look, feel and function like paneer, but in which some or all milk constituents are replaced with ingredients not derived from milk.

Last month, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) proposed restrictions on the manufacture and sale of paneer made with non-m...