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FSSAI Bans Nestle Dairy Whitener Over ‘Unsafe’ Sample; Company Claims ‘Full Compliance’
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Moneycontrol•03-10-2026, 19:22
FSSAI Bans Nestle Dairy Whitener Over ‘Unsafe’ Sample; Company Claims ‘Full Compliance’
- •The FSSAI has banned the sale of Nestle’s Low Fat Dairy Whitener after a sample from The Lalit hotel in New Delhi was declared ‘UNSAFE & SUBSTANDARD’.
- •Nestle India maintains the product is safe, attributing the findings to naturally occurring phosphorus in milk-based products, not added phosphorus.
- •The company argues that FSSAI lab reports considered total phosphorus against the additive limit, without accounting for natural phosphorus from milk-based ingredients.
- •FSSAI issued a notice to Bharat Hotels Ltd. (The Lalit) and directed them to immediately stop selling the product.
- •This action follows previous FSSAI prohibitions on compounded hing manufacturers Everest Food Products and Laljee Godhoo and Company for substandard products.
Key Questions Answered
The FSSAI prohibited the sale of Nestle’s Low Fat Dairy Whitener after a sample collected from a luxury hotel in New Delhi was declared unsafe and substandard in laboratory reports under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
Nestle India maintained that the product is completely safe and fully compliant with regulations, explaining that lab reports mistakenly evaluated total phosphorus against additive limits without accounting for the natural phosphorus present in milk.
The sample was collected from the premises of Bharat Hotels Ltd., which operates The Lalit hotel located in Connaught Place, New Delhi.
