FSSAI clarifies only Camellia sinensis products can be called “tea”The FSSAI has clarified that only products derived from the Camellia sinensis plant can be labeled as 'Tea'. The authority stated that usin...
26 Dec, 2025, 05.45 PM IST
India food regulator 'spills the tea' on what counts as the real thingThe FSSAI has mandated that only beverages derived from Camellia sinensis can be labelled as "tea" in India. This clarification aims to pre...
25 Dec, 2025, 02.33 PM IST
HC seeks Centre's stand on plea over "misbranding" of Patanjali productThe Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to respond to a plea seeking action against Patanjali’s "Divya Dant Manjan" for misbranding it as...
30 Aug, 2024, 08.17 PM IST
British dancer Órla Baxendale passes away in US after having misbranded peanuts biscuitÓrla Baxendale, a 25-year-old dancer from Lancashire, died after eating a biscuit containing peanuts. The dancer was allergic to peanuts an...
27 Jan, 2024, 02.55 AM IST
FSSAI asks industry to reduce level of unsafe food to less than 1% over next 4 yearsCiting a survey of one lakh samples of food conducted by enforcement officers over last years, FSSAI Chairman Pawan Kumar Aggarwal said, 3....
11 Dec, 2019, 02.59 PM IST
Punjab Agriculture Department raids vendors selling spurious pesticides, agriculture inputsthe state-wide raids have been conducted on 410 shops and subsequently 207 samples have been drawn for examination.
18 Aug, 2019, 03.46 PM IST
26,000 food samples found adulterated/ misbranded in 2018-19Fines of over Rs 32 crores have been collected, said Rameswar Teli, minister of state, Food Processing Industries while responding to a wri...
19 Jul, 2019, 05.11 PM IST
- Amway guilty of misbranding, asked not to sell two products
The company denied the charges and said it was exploring legal action.
09 Nov, 2017, 12.30 AM IST
NCDRC fines Amway of Rs 1 lakh, asks it to withdraw two productsThe two products in question are Madrid Safed Musli and Kohinoor Ginger Garlic Paste, and the commission has asked Amway to remove these fr...
08 Nov, 2017, 09.12 PM IST
US FDA pulls up Cadila for misbranding drugThe company has been researching on the drug to treat fatty liver disease or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis apart from diabetic dyslipidemia.
29 Dec, 2016, 12.15 AM IST
Cadila Healthcare misbranded Saroglitazar, says US FDAIn a December 21 letter to the company, the US FDA has said the “broad statements” made by the company as the “world’s first” is misleading...
28 Dec, 2016, 11.46 AM IST
Patanjali fined Rs 11 lakh for misleading adsIn its order, Haridwar's additional district magistrate found the company guilty of "releasing misleading advertisements by selling certain...
15 Dec, 2016, 09.38 AM IST
USFDA rejected 12,012 products since January 2011: Nirmala SitharamanThe reasons given for the refusal include misbranding, adulteration, packaging, labelling, pesticides, unapproved products and the like, sh...
02 May, 2016, 04.46 PM IST
USFDA refuses entry of 1,150 Indian products in 6 months: Nirmala Sitharaman"The reasons given for the refusals vary from problems in packaging, labelling, misbranding, alleged contamination, and residue levels etc,...
12 Aug, 2015, 05.01 PM IST
Over 12k samples found adulterated, misbranded in 2014-15: GovernmentTaking action in the matter, the authority lodged 1,989 criminal and 7,241 civil cases, Union Health Minister J P Nadda said.
21 Jul, 2015, 07.46 PM IST
Haryana government directs FDA to issue notices to 19 food producersVij took a serious note of this issue during his meeting with senior officers of FDA Department here today, an official release said.
02 Jul, 2015, 10.08 PM IST
- SC refuses relief to HLL in Pears case
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant relief to Hindustan Lever which is facing prosecution in connection with its new product Pears...
20 Feb, 2007, 04.00 AM IST