The Punjab government has told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that it imposed penalties amounting to Rs 3.04 crore in 2,191 food adulteration cases between January 2019 and December 2024, most involving milk and dairy products.

The disclosure came in an affidavit filed by the Department of Health and Family Welfare in response to a public interest litigation (PIL) highlighting the rampant sale of contaminated milk and related products.

The PIL, filed by advocate Sunaina in 2024, seeks strict enforcement of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, to protect consumers, particularly children and the elderly, from health hazards caused by adulteration. The HC had, in an interim order on July 22 this year, directed both Punjab and Haryana to submit data on penalties imposed in the past fi

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