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FSSAI issues 150 notices to Nestle, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued more than 150 notices to food companies including Nestle India, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola India, Red Bull, Mondelez, and Ferrero for misleading advertisements, false claims, and labelling violations. The regulator said it seized products from some firms and suspended five licences of Domino's. Twelve notices went to e-commerce firms Amazon and Flipkart, with one Amazon warehouse licence cancelled. Over 30 notices were sent to KFC, McDonald's, and Pizza Hut.
Separately, the Hindustan Times reports the FSSAI abandoned its push for colour-coded front-of-pack health warnings in August, instead proposing a black-and-white table of sugar, fat, and salt. The regulator said Indian cuisine's intense flavours made Western-style warnings unsuitable. The Supreme Court is reviewing that decision after a petition by public health activists. Nearly 80% of India's packaged food products are high in fat, sugar, or salt, according to industry estimates.
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The Economic Times and Times Now report the FSSAI crackdown as a straight regulatory action, listing companies and numbers. The Hindustan Times frames the same regulator as having retreated from tougher front-of-pack warning labels after industry lobbying, citing leaked meeting audio. The former omits the policy reversal entirely, the latter omits the enforcement action against 150 firms. Each outlet selects a different slice of the FSSAI's dual role: enforcer in one story, negotiator in the other. A balanced reading sees a regulator active on misleading ads but stalled on front-of-pack nutrition warnings. The Supreme Court's review of the labeling policy, next listed, will test this asymmetry.
Coverage: 4 sources, 2 government-critical, 2 neutral
Sources (4): health.economictimes.indiatimes.com (neutral report), timesnownews.com (neutral report), hindustantimes.com (government critical), hindustantimes.com (2) (government critical)
This story was synthesised by AI from the 4 sources linked above. Methodology and corrections.
Updated: this story now draws on 4 sources.
