Cheese was made with chemicals, two food safety officers were suspended; Report filed on four dairy operators - fake paneer racket caught food safety officials suspended in mathura

Cheese was made with chemicals, two food safety officers were suspended; Report filed against four dairy operators Updated: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 07:07 (IST) The Food Safety Department has raided counterfeit cheese makers in Naujheel and Bajna areas of Mathura. Harmful chemicals were found in dairies, resulting in the booking of four dairy operators and the suspension of two food safety officers. The department seized and destroyed the counterfeit material, and the license of a warehouse was also cancelled. Jagran Correspondent, Mathura. Under the leadership of Commissioner for Food Safety and Drug Administration, dr. Roshan Jacob, more than half a dozen teams from Lucknow, Noida, Ghaziabad and Barabanki conducted simultaneous raids in Naujheel and Bajna areas. The team noticed that chemicals like acid are used to make cheese in the dairies of Bajna area. In this case, a report was registered against four dairy operators. The license of a shop has been suspended. Two food safety officers were suspended for negligence. The food safety department has been alerted from Lucknow level due to the supply of adulterated cheese from rural areas to Delhi-NCR and other cities during festivals. After counterfeit cheese was recently caught in Noida, Dr. Food Safety and Drug Administration Dr. Led by Roshan Jacob, Additional Commissioner Administration Rekha S Chauhan, Joint Commissioner Food Harishankar Singh conducted raids in Naujheel-Bajna area. Remove Advertisement Only Read News Refined palm olein oil, skimmed milk powder, mixed milk, adulterating chemicals were found in Rakesh Dairy, Vinod Dairy, Gagan Ganesh Milk Products and Vishnu Dairy located in Bajna cheese manufacturing area. Eight samples were taken from Baba Dairy located on Gomat Road. From here, 45 liters of acid were seized along with other substances, which were used to make cheese. Paneer and its manufacturing materials worth Rs 2.85 lakh were destroyed from here. Five samples were taken from Gagan Ganesh Milk Products Bhura Dairy located on Ramnagar Khair Road, unknown chemical substance was also found here. Food items worth Rs 17 lakh were destroyed from here. Seven samples of cheese, ranipal, chemicals etc. was taken from Rakesh Dairy in Bajna. Goods like ghee and skimmed milk worth Rs 30 thousand were seized from here. Samples of milk, cheese, formalin and fabric bleach etc. was taken from Vishnu Dairy. In this connection, food safety officer of Mant area Jitendra Kumar and food safety officer of Govardhan area Mohar Singh have been suspended. On July 3 and October 14, action was taken against adulterated cheese in Govardhan. For this reason, the food safety officer of Govardhan was also punished. While the license of Ashok Godown in Bajna area has been suspended for supplying counterfeit goods.