New Delhi, August 23, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has taken regulatory action against two food businesses in Delhi and Daman after inspections and laboratory tests revealed serious food safety violations and non-compliance.
The food safety regulator has suspended the licence of Marche Retail Private Limited in New Delhi for 30 days with immediate effect. Separately, it has issued a prohibition order against SDP Industries Private Limited in Ringanwada, Daman, over non-compliant ghee products and concerns relating to adulteration.
According to FSSAI, inspections and a subsequent follow-up inspection at Marche Retail identified deficiencies in the establishment’s design and operational controls, as well as sanitation, personal hygiene, food-handler training and mandatory record-keeping.
Inspectors also found that required medical records of food handlers were unavailable and that prescribed food safety and hygiene documentation had not been properly maintained.
The company has been directed to immediately stop all food business activities during the 30-day suspension and can resume operations only after the identified deficiencies are rectified and compliance is verified by the competent authority.
In the Daman case, FSSAI issued the prohibition order following enforcement inspections and sampling of multiple ghee products manufactured by SDP Industries.
The products, sold under brands including “Shraddha”, “Shree Saras” and “Gokul”, were found to be non-compliant with the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 and the regulations framed under it.
Laboratory testing detected beta-sitosterol, a plant sterol that is required to be absent from ghee, along with deviations in fatty-acid composition. FSSAI said the findings indicated the presence of foreign or vegetable fats and raised serious food safety concerns.
The food business operator exercised its statutory right to challenge the initial laboratory findings. The appealed samples were subsequently analysed by the Referral Food Laboratory, which also confirmed non-conformity.
FSSAI said the repeated violations across multiple samples, periods and product variants indicated that the issue could not reasonably be restricted to a particular batch or product, providing the basis for the prohibition order.
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