Hyderabad, Sept. 11 -- The Telangana government has imposed a one-year ban on the manufacturing and sale of analogue paneer with immediate effect due to public health concerns.

Analogue paneer refers to non-dairy, artificial paneer. It is a product prepared like paneer by completely or partially replacing milk fat or milk solids with vegetable oil, vegetable fat or other non-dairy ingredients and is considered analogue or non-dairy paneer. This kind of product shall not be labelled, marketed, sold or represented to consumers as 'paneer'.

The Telangana Commissioner of Food Safety issued the order under Section 30(2)(a) of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. The prohibition came into effect on Thursday, September 10, and will remain ...