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The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has asked all e-commerce websites to remove all drinks/beverages, including bournvita, from the category of health drinkon their platforms...
"National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, a statutory body constituted under section (3) of the commission for Protection of Child Rights (CPCR) Act, 2005 after its inquiry under Section 14 of CPCR Act, 2005, concluded that there is no "Health Drink defined under FSS Act 2006, Rules and regulations as submitted by FSSAl and Mondelez India Food Pvt Ltd," the ministry said a notification...
In view of the above, all e-commerce companies/portals are hereby advised to remove drink/beverages, including bournvita from the category of "Health Drinks" from their sites/platforms, the notification dated April 10 said.. Earlier this month, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)instructed all e-commerce companies not to label dairy-based, cereal-based, or malt-based beverages as 'health drink' or 'energy drink'..
This is because the term 'health drink' is not defined in the country's food laws, and 'energy drink' refers specifically to flavored water-based drinks, both carbonated and non-carbonated, under the laws...
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