{
  "id": 2599828,
  "title": "Karnataka cracks down on ‘analogue paneer’, bans manufacturing, sale for 1 year: Does it apply to frozen desserts?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/karnataka-cracks-down-on-analogue-paneer-bans-manufacturing-sale-for",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-22T15:30:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india/karnataka-cracks-down-on-analogue-paneer-bans-manufacturing-sale-for-1-year-does-it-apply-to-frozen-desserts-11787408414527.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Karnataka government has implemented a one-year ban on the manufacture, storage, distribution, and sale of \"analogue paneer\", which is considered a public health measure. This ban specifically targets dairy analogue products that do not have specific quality standards or specifications laid down by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). However, this restriction does not apply to standardised products such as frozen desserts, processed cheese, and mixed-fat spreads, which are regulated under separate food safety standards. Products made using non-dairy substitutes cannot be labelled, promoted, or sold as \"paneer\" or presented to consumers as genuine paneer. The Food Safety Division of the Department of Food Safety and Drug Administration in Karnataka has issued a Government Notification prohibiting the manufacturing, processing, packing, storage, distribution, transportation, wholesale, and retail sales of analogue/non-dairy paneer marketed as paneer in the state for a year.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}