Food safety regulators in India have been on a mission to expose widespread issues within the food industry, conducting raids at five-star hotel kitchens and dark stores of quick-commerce companies. In Bengaluru alone, inspectors found rotten meat, adulterated milk, expired vegetables, and mislabeled products during inspections at multiple star hotels. The haul included 105kg of expired food at one hotel and 76kg of meat, 200kg of vegetables, and 32 liters of expired milk at another. Additionally, suppliers were targeted, with officials seizing near-expiry sauces and beverages, and pulling samples for lab testing. The drive also uncovered common tricks such as adding oil to watered-down milk, selling cheese analogues as real paneer, and using artificial dyes on fried peas. In other regions, adulterated milk, paneer, and mangoes were found, with vendors tampering with milk pouches, and unlabelled toilet soap seized in Mumbai. The authorities have taken stern measures, imposing bans on non-dairy paneer and penalties for violations, and issuing farm-to-table compliance orders for the entire milk supply chain.