170 kg of ghee allegedly made with palm oil and vanaspati seized at Ongole dairy

Vigilance and Enforcement officials with Food Safety and Legal Metrology staff during the inspection at the Shiva Gayatri Milk Dairy and Ghee Preparation Centre in Ongole on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

About 170 kg of ghee allegedly made with butter, palm oil, vanaspati and harmful chemicals was found at a dairy in Ongole that supplied hotels, hostels, biryani outlets and wholesale shops, officials said. Officials of the Vigilance and Enforcement Department, along with Food Safety and Legal Metrology Department staff, conducted a surprise inspection at the Shiva Gayatri Milk Dairy and Ghee Preparation Centre in Nagendranagar on Tuesday (October 6, 2026) and seized raw materials worth ₹20 lakh used in the production.