Legal● Neutral for Reliance Industries
Reliance challenges FSSAI ban on marketing Campa products as energy drinks
The brief
- Reliance Industries has filed a writ petition against the food regulator’s labeling ban
- PepsiCo and Monster Beverage also sued; Red Bull secured a court reprieve
- The dispute affects Reliance’s beverages business and competing packaged-drink companies
- FSSAI steps up action against brands over unsafe products, misleading claims: Do consumers need simpler food labels?
- FSSAI asks states to step up food inspections ahead of festival season
- FSSAI suspends Creative Bakers licence over severe hygiene lapses
- Govt proposes safety limits for medicinal plant used for treating epilepsy
- Who moved my cottage cheese?
India's energy-drink labeling dispute
The Delhi High Court set aside an FSSAI order requiring Red Bull to drop the “energy drink” label, ruling it had not been given a chance to present its case. FSSAI said it would issue a fresh show-cause notice and planned to appeal.
Tuesday, 6 October
- Reliance challenges FSSAI ban on marketing Campa products as energy drinks