Ludhiana, Oct. 6 -- Ahead of the festive season, the food safety team of the local health department launched a crackdown on food adulteration by setting up a special checkpoint (naka) at Dehlon on Tuesday.

District health officer Dr Ashish Chawla said that the Food Safety Team intercepted and inspected three vehicles transporting paneer, desi ghee, and white butter.

Suspecting the quality of the items, officials collected samples following standard procedures and sent them to a food laboratory for analysis. During the operation, 175 kg of suspicious paneer was immediately destroyed and disposed of on-site to ensure potentially unsafe products did not enter the market or reach consumers.

Dr Chawla said that safeguarding public health r...