Is your 'paneer' really paneer? What FSSAI's latest proposal could change for you

Is your paneer really paneer? The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has proposed changes that could stop products made with non-dairy ingredients from being sold or marketed as “Paneer”.The proposed amendments to the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011, aim to make it clearer whether consumers are buying traditional dairy-based paneer or a dairy analogue made using non-dairy substitutes.Under the draft rules, products already licensed or registered under the “Analogue in Dairy Context” category would have to stop using the term “Paneer” in their nomenclature, labelling or marketing if they are made from constituents not derived froThe FSSAI notification said, "The amendment is proposed in the following regulation to restrict manufacturing and sale of analogue product as paneer so as to prevent misleading of consumers regarding the nature and composition of the product.