Bengaluru, Aug. 22 -- The Karnataka government imposed one-year ban on the manufacture, processing, storage, distribution, transportation and sale of analogue or non-dairy paneer being marketed as "paneer" across the state.

The order was issued by the Food Safety Division of the Department of Food Safety and Drugs Administration on August 17 and made public on Saturday. The notification prohibits production, processing, packing, storage, distribution, transportation, wholesale and retail sale, display for sale and government supply of such products for one year.

The action has been taken under sections 30(2)(a), 18 and 29 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.

According to the department, paneer is a standardised food product made...