Hyderabad, July 17 -- The Telangana Food Safety Department conducted a two-phase special drive on ghee across the state, carrying out an intensive operation in the Hyderabad CURE region alongside Hyderabad Police on Tuesday, July 14, and Wednesday, July 15.

During inspections across districts and Hyderabad, food safety officers found instances where some licensed and unregulated establishments were allegedly selling ghee adulterated with vegetable fats such as palm oil, vanaspati and coconut oil. As per FSS Regulations, ghee must contain at least 99.5 per cent milk fat and not more than 0.5 per cent moisture.

In the districts, officials inspected 65 establishments and collected 91 ghee and cream samples for analysis, apart from issuing ...