NHRC notice to states, UTs, FSSAI over concerns raised about sale, consumption of ‘analogue paneer’

New
Delhi,
Aug
14
(PTI):
The
NHRC
has
issued
otices
to
all
states
a d
UTs,
a d
the
Food
Safety
a d
Sta da ds
Autho ity
of
I dia
(FSSAI)
i
the
wake
of
a
complai t
aisi g
co ce s
ove
the
ma ufactu i g,
sale
a d
co sumptio
of
‘a alogue
pa ee ‘.

The
Commissio
said
it
co side s
it
ecessa y
fo
the
FSSAI
to
cla ify
the
ut itio al
compositio
a d
ut itio al
value
of
‘a alogue
pa ee ‘,
i cludi g
its
p otei ,
fat
a d
othe
eleva t
ut itio al
pa amete s,
a d
whethe
such
i fo matio
is
adequately
disclosed
to
co sume s,
eads
a
case
p oceedi gs
dated
August
13.

‘A alogue
pa ee ‘
efe s
to
a
imitatio
of
t aditio al
dai y
pa ee .

The
Natio al
Huma
Rights
Commissio
(NHRC)
has
also
sought
cla ificatio
as
to
why
the
ma ufactu e,
egulatio
a d
sale
of
such
p oducts
a e
co side ed
ecessa y,
pa ticula ly
whe
th ee
states
have
epo tedly
al eady
imposed
est ictio s
o
p ohibitio s
o
‘a alogue
pa ee .’
Fu the ,
what
ut itio al
o
co sume
be efit
is
bei g
sought
by
allowi g
its
ma ufactu i g
a d
the
sale
to
co ti ue,
the
huma
ights
body
asked.

The
p ese t
matte
has
a ise
f om
a
ep ese tatio
a d
epo t
dated
August
11
submitted
by
the
Adva ced
Study
I stitute
of
Asia
(ASIA),
Ce t e
fo
Health
Equity,
co ce i g
the
ma ufactu e,
sale,
supply,
use,
labelli g,
testi g
a d
egulato y
e fo ceme t
elati g
to
dai y
a alogues,
pa ticula ly
p oducts
bei g
sold,
supplied
o
se ved
as
“a alogue
pa ee ”
o
as
pa ee .

The
ep ese tatio
aises
issues
co ce i g
co sume
p otectio ,
food
safety,
t a spa e cy
i
ome clatu e
a d
labelli g,
co siste cy
of
e fo ceme t
ac oss
states
a d
U io
Te ito ies,
a d
the
adequacy
of
existi g
mecha isms
to
e able
co sume s
to
“disti guish
betwee
milk-de ived
pa ee
a d
dai y
a alogues,”
eads
the
p oceedi gs.

The
Commissio
has
also
take
ote
of
the
accompa yi g
epo t
titled
‘A alogue
Pa ee
i
I dia:
A
Food-Systems
Th eat
to
Health
Equity’,
published
by
the
Ce t e
fo
Health
Equity,
Adva ced
Study
I stitute
of
Asia.

The
b iefi g
ote
eco ds
that
FSSAI
allegedly
” ecog ises”
dai y
a alogues
as
p oducts
i
which
o -milk
co stitue ts
eplace
some
o
all
milk
co stitue ts
a d
states
that
such
p oducts
a e
” ot
milk,
milk
p oducts
o
composite
milk
p oducts”.

It
fu the
aises
questio s
co ce i g
the
co ti ued
use
of
the
te m
‘pa ee ‘
i
the
ome clatu e
of
such
p oducts
a d
the
adequacy
of
existi g
disclosu e
equi eme ts,
the
p oceedi gs
add.

The
epo t
fu the
eco ds
that
‘a alogue
pa ee ‘
may
i volve
i g edie ts
i cludi g
vegetable
oils
o
fats,
sta ches,
milk
solids,
pla t
p otei s,
stabilise s,
emulsifie s
a d
a tificial
flavou s,
a d
that
the
esulti g
p oduct
may
have
a
ut itio al
p ofile
diffe e t
f om
co ve tio al
pa ee .

The
Commissio
is
fu the
of
the
view
that,
whe e
a
food
p oduct
is
pe mitted
u de
the
egulato y
f amewo k,
the
egulato y
autho ities
must
eve theless
e su e
that
its
ide tity,
compositio
a d
atu e
a e
adequately
disclosed
a d
that
co sume s
a e
ot
misled
i to
believi g
that
a
o -dai y
a alogue
is
co ve tio al
milk-de ived
pa ee ,
eads
the
p oceedi gs.
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