# Calcutta High Court Quashes Contaminated Lassi Case Against Manager 2026-08-07T15:41:33+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Calcutta High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against Partha Sarathy Tripathy, manager of Schreiber Dynamix Dairies, in a case involving lassi allegedly contaminated with E. coli and coliform bacteria. Justice Uday Kumar held that under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, a company must be prosecuted first before its managers can face vicarious criminal liability. The manufacturing company was not named as an accused, which the Court called a 'fatal, incurable jurisdictional defect'. The case began on March 11, 2021, when a Food Safety Officer purchased eight packs of Britannia Winkin Cow Thick Lassi from a stall at Bandel Railway Station for Rs. 160. A lab report on May 20, 2021, declared the product unsafe due to elevated bacteria counts. The Court also flagged a 59-day delay in the lab report for a perishable dairy product, undermining the accused's right to seek re-analysis. ## Coverage - livelaw.in Tags: Calcutta High Court, contaminated lassi, E. coli, food safety, FSS Act, vicarious liability Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/calcutta-high-court-quashes-contaminated-lassi-case-against-manager/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/calcutta-high-court-quashes-contaminated-lassi-case-against-manager/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.