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Chocolate, juice, noodles, tofu, protein powder, cooking oil, water & more under FSSAI action; Here's which brands were called out for misleading claimsIndia's food regulator, FSSAI, has cracked down on numerous food businesses for making misleading claims on product packaging. Companies ar...
When a small footnote is used as a tool to make a weak balance sheet look strongThis is the uncomfortable truth about company accounts. A number on a balance sheet is not always cash that will return, and a liability tu...
FSSAI issues notices to Bikanervala, Marico, Param Dairy on consumer complaints, law violationIn a social media post, Food and Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said it has issued notices to several food business operators ...
FSSAI notices to 8 companies over misleading names, claimsThe Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued notices to eight food companies, including Emami Healthy & Tasty, for p...
FSSAI issues notices to 8 food companies for misleading 'healthy' claims on packaging, labelsFSSAI has issued notices to eight food companies, including Emami Healthy & Tasty, Neuherbs, Troovy and Plan B, for allegedly using mislead...
'White, wholewheat, multigrain breads are a big scam': Health influencer points out 4 facts every bread eater should knowA viral video is questioning the health claims of packaged bread. Food influencer Foodpharmer highlights that many breads marketed as healt...
Mathematicians say 'don't believe hype' on AI capabilitiesMathematicians are urging caution about artificial intelligence claims. Over 150 professors signed a declaration warning governments not to...
Quote of the day by Franklin D. Roosevelt: 'Repetition does not transform...' Life lessons on human nature, speech and assertion by only US president, who was elected to the office four timesQuote of the day by Franklin D. Roosevelt highlights the danger of repeating false information and accepting it as reality. The quote expla...
Nitin Gadkari makes important announcement on reports of toll tax for two-wheelersNitin Gadkari clarified that two-wheelers will not be charged toll tax on national highways. He dismissed the misleading news reports. The ...
False news of Ram Janmabhoomi Trust's head's death goes viral on social mediaThe viral claim that Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, President of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra, is dead is false. Fact-checking revealed th...
Label claims on packaged food could be incorrect & incomplete: ICMRThe Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has cautioned that food labels on packaged items can often mislead consumers, urging them to ...
Natural food has to be natural: FSSAIIn case an advertiser wants to make claims for which regulations have not been specified in, they will have to seek approval from the autho...
Sania Mirza chicken Ad ruffles feathersThe outfit claimed that the ad in question is “misinterpreting and misleading facts”, and has written to ad industry watchdog Advertising S...
Reckitt Benckiser takes Advertising Standards Council of India to High CourtReckitt said it disagreed with the recommendation and has taken the ASCI to the Delhi High Court, making it a rare case of a large multinat...
ASCI upheld complaints against 215 campaigns in AugustAdvertising industry watchdog ASCI upheld complaints against 215 campaigns in August this year for misleading ads, including those of Hindu...
Ashok Gehlot misleading people on growth in Raj: BJPBJP accused CM Ashok Gehlot of misleading people over growth in the state and demanded that the issues raised by the opposition be taken se...
- 'Healthy' food firms in a soup
Popular brands like Horlicks, Complan and Boost were asked to be taken off the shelf until they proved their claims of rapid growth in heig...
- HUL guilty of making false advertisment claims
Global consumer goods giant Hindustan Unilever has been held guilty by a high-powered body under the health ministry of making false and mi...
- Now, companies can't make 'tall' claims in food ads
The government is set to come down on food and beverage companies which make ‘tall’ claims about the benefits of their products through adv...
- HUL's 'Kissan Amaze' under govt scanner
Hindustan Unilever is under government lens for making tall claims on its malted beverage ‘Kissan Amaze’ by declaring that it gives 33% key...