Ludhiana, July 10 -- Food safety teams of the local health department shut a soya chaap manufacturing unit in Lohara for allegedly flouting hygiene rules and seized 125 kg of paneer from a dairy in Chet Singh Nagar on Wednesday.

The crackdown began in the early morning with a naka (checkpoint) set up on Hambran Road where officials intercepted milk carriers and collected four milk samples for quality testing. The team then proceeded to a dairy in Chet Singh Nagar, where 125 kg of paneer was seized due to quality concerns. Samples of paneer and ghee were also collected for laboratory examination.

Further inspections were conducted at a mozzarella cheese manufacturing unit, where samples of mozzarella cheese and ghee were taken.

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