It has also directed the Food Safety Officer, Chandigarh, to appear in person on the next date of hearing.
The Punjab Human Rights Commission (PHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports highlighting the poor quality of milk and paneer samples in Chandigarh over the past three years.
According to news items published in leading daily newspapers under the headline “Kadwa Sach! Chandigarh mein Doodh-Paneer ka har teesra sample fail, kidney liver failure and cancer jaisi bimariyon jaisa khatra”, every third sample of milk and paneer tested in Chandigarh has failed to meet the prescribed food safety standards in the last three years. The reports, citing data from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), stated that during 2024–25, 19 out of 36 samples collected were found to be substandard.
The Commission has, in the notice, called on the Commissioner of Food Safety for Chandigarh, Office of Secretary Health, Chandigarh Administration, UT, 2nd floor, Chandigarh Secretariat, Sector 9, Chandigarh, and Director Health, General Hospital, Sector -16, Chandigarh to submit their reports a week before the next date of hearing.
It has also directed the Food Safety Officer, Chandigarh, to appear in person on the next date of hearing.
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