Clarification on news of FSSAI prosecution action; company sets out lab reports, says no formal order received
Dodla Dairy clarified on FSSAI's 17 October 2026 social media post and media reports that the regulator has initiated prosecution proceedings against it.
By ScoutQuest · · 3 min read
- Sample Drawn
- 500 ml Full Cream Milk sample drawn 09 January 2026; best-before 12 January 2026
- Primary Lab Finding
- Report dated 20 January 2026: "substandard" on milk fat; adulterants recorded as absent
- Referral Lab Finding
- National Food Laboratory, Navi Mumbai report dated 20 March 2026: unsafe and substandard, detergent/caustic soda
What this update is
This is the company's clarification under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015, responding to an FSSAI social media post dated 17 October 2026 (11:08 AM IST) and news articles stating that FSSAI has initiated legal proceedings for prosecution against the company, among others. The company sets out the facts as they appear in the laboratory reports and FSSAI correspondence, and its position.
The sample and how it was tested
- A 500 ml sample of the company's "Full Cream Milk" was drawn by FSSAI on 09 January 2026 from its facility at Nilakottai Taluk, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu. The best-before date marked on the sample is 12 January 2026.
- Primary laboratory: the report dated 20 January 2026 (Monarch Nuclear Counting Laboratory) classified the sample as "substandard" on one parameter, milk fat. The same report records adulterants, including detergent and neutralizers, as absent.
- Referral laboratory: on the company's appeal in Form VIII, the sample was referred to the National Food Laboratory, Navi Mumbai. Its report dated 20 March 2026 opined the sample to be unsafe and substandard, reporting the qualitative presence of detergent/caustic soda.
- FSSAI forwarded the referral report by letter dated 23 March 2026, received on 25th March 2026, stating that regulatory action will be initiated.
- Timing: the referral laboratory received the sample on 09 March 2026 and analysed it between 10 and 16 March 2026, about two months after the best-before date marked on the sample.
- On 24 April 2026 the company submitted a representation to FSSAI against the referral laboratory report.
Why the company says the reports matter
On the same sealed sample, with both laboratories citing the FSSAI Manual of Methods of Analysis of Foods - Dairy and Dairy Products (2022), the two reports differ materially in milk fat, milk solids-not-fat and in the adulterant finding. The company's representation to FSSAI highlights these variations, and it also points to the referral analysis having taken place about two months after the best-before date.
Where the matter stands
- As on the date of this clarification, the company states it has not received any formal order of prosecution or sanction, or any communication from FSSAI after its representation.
- The company says it respects FSSAI's role and will cooperate fully, including by making available any records, samples or information FSSAI may require. It adds that this is without prejudice to its rights under law.
- The company states there is no financial or operational impact on it at this point of time.
- It says each batch of milk undergoes quality and safety testing before release, and that it will disclose any material development under Regulation 30.
What a retail investor can track
The update is the company's side of a public allegation. The next checkpoints are the outcome of the company's representation and any formal order in the matter, and any further disclosure the company makes. The statement on financial and operational impact is as of the date of this clarification.
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More numbers
- Full Cream Milk sample quantity drawn by FSSAI500 ml
- Gap between best-before date and referral analysisabout two months
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