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Per newspaper today, food regulators of Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, and Assam have reportedly found nine products of major companies to be “substandard” after they failed quality tests conducted between April 2016 and January 2017. Can FSSAI or state food officers please share such findings with us early on then they coming out 9 months later through RTIs.
The products include Pepsico India Holdings Private Ltd’s Mirinda, Nestle India Ltd’s Cerelac Wheat, Adani Wilmar Ltd’s Fortune oil, Marico India’s Saffola Gold oil, Parle Agro’s Frooti and a cheese spread used by the Subway chain, Herbalife’s energy drink, Murugappa group’s Parry packaged drinking water and Haldiram’s Aloo Bhujia are among the products reported to have failed the quality tests during this period,” more
The products include Pepsico India Holdings Private Ltd’s Mirinda, Nestle India Ltd’s Cerelac Wheat, Adani Wilmar Ltd’s Fortune oil, Marico India’s Saffola Gold oil, Parle Agro’s Frooti and a cheese spread used by the Subway chain, Herbalife’s energy drink, Murugappa group’s Parry packaged drinking water and Haldiram’s Aloo Bhujia are among the products reported to have failed the quality tests during this period,” more
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More than publishing the misdeeds please publish alongwith the actions taken against the erring companies and the penalties meted out, also advise if the deviations are of a casual nature or are aknown deviation to misrepresent the product characterestics more
Apr 25
Very strange situation, people need to be more vigilant and change their behavior. It is like Quit Smoking. more
Apr 20
PLEASE USE ONLY SWADESHI PRODUCTS AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. PATANJALI IS DOING GOOD WORK IN THIS. I AM USING MOST OF THE PATANJLI PRODUCTS WITH FULL SATISFACTION. PRODUCTS ARE OF GOOD QUALITY AND MOST ARE CHEAPER THAN MNC PRODUCTS. THE PATANJALI PROFIT ALSO GOES FOR CHARITY AND YOU ARE DOING A SOCIAL SERVICE WHILE SAVING MONEY AND PURCHASING GOOD QUALITY PRODUCTS. more
Apr 19
Probably most multinational companies have still in their mind that India is a backward country and any thing and everything can be pushed into the huge consumer market. And our lean and lax laws embolden them to behave the way that they are now behaving. And when a foreign company can get away with any flout of law, Indian companies are not far behind. Make hay while the sun shines and the laws are weak seems to be the motto of all these manufacturers. The Government should make food a National Subject and enact a broad law to supersede the state laws and should have the powers to test and take action against flouters of law and impose heavey and deterring penalties on the manufacturers of food products anywhere in the country, because the products manufactured in a state are not confined to that state alone, but are supplied across the country. Those who try to pass on everything bribing officials at state levels should not be able to claim that the product has been cleared by the state authority. Certain laws, especially food, should have very strict civil and criminal liability clauses even if they are termed by the 'budhijeevees' as draconian. And there should be a huge publicity about the defaulters pan India. more
Apr 19
