Hyderabad, June 18 -- In a major bust, Hyderabad Food Adulteration Surveillance Team (H-FAST) officials seized 825 kg of adulterated paneer from 45 food outlets and eight manufacturing units on Wednesday, June 17.

Officials said that cheese analogue products made from vegetable fats and non-milk ingredients are being sold as paneer, malai paneer, or milk paneer without proper declaration to deceive customers.

Conducting a press meet, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Commissioner's Task Force, Vaibhav Gaikwad Raghunath said that the cheese analogue products were being procured from states like Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh, being marketed under misleading labels like 'low fat paneer', 'medium fat paneer', or 'fresh...