Hyderabad, April 20 --  The Hyderabad Food Adulteration Surveillance Team (H-FAST) recently convened a meeting with dairy suppliers from Maharashtra, Haryana and Telangana, warning them against adulteration in paneer and khova, according to a report in the Times of India.

Officials said large quantities of dairy products are arriving in Hyderabad without proper packaging or mandatory labelling. The suppliers and receivers were put on notice that criminal cases would be initiated against those who fail to comply with an upcoming standard operating procedure (SOP), H-FAST inspector Ranjit Goud told TOI.

The SOP, once enforced, will make it mandatory for edible products to carry labels specifying the manufacturing date, expi...