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A 900-kg batch of ghee seized from a unit in Utran, Surat, on October 11 has failed laboratory tests, with samples found to be substandard and adulterated with vegetable fat, officials said. The ghee was allegedly being sold under the label Saahas Premium Cow Ghee for around ₹300 per kg. The Surat Municipal Corporation’s (SMC) Food Safety Department seized the stock during a joint raid with police after receiving a tip-off about the suspected production of adulterated ghee. Laboratory analysis detected beta-sitosterol, indicating the presence of vegetable fat. During the raid, officials seized 900 kg of packaged ghee, 795 kg of loose ghee, 35 boxes of vanaspati, 32 containers of refined soybean oil, 300 small pouches, and equipment used in the manufacturing and packaging process. ........
