Complan, Saffola and Kellogg’s under scanner for misleading public

FSSAI initiates prosecution against manufacturers of 19 leading food brands for making unscientific claims about their products

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01 Dec 2012, 12:21 pm

Whether it’s Complan or Horlicks, they claim to make a child taller and smarter. But their promises are not based on any scientific data.

Now such food products in the Indian market have come under the scanner of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) for making false health claims on the labels of their products.

Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury, minister of state for health and family welfare informed Lok Sabha in a written reply on November 30 that the food regulator has begun prosecution proceedings against manufacturers of 19 leading brands and has issued show cause notices to 19 others for making false claims regarding the nutritional value of the product in advertising and on the label.

List of brands against which action has been recommended

1. Complan
2. Complan Memory
3. Boost
4. Horlicks
5. Emami – Healthy and Tasty Soybean Oil
6. Saffola
7. Engine Mustard Oil
8. Nutricharge men (Daily nutrition supplement capsules)
9. Kellogg's Special K
10. Britannia Nutrichoice Biscuits
11. Kellogg’s Extra Muesli
12. Bournvita Little Champs
13. Today Premium Tea
14. Pediasure
15. Real Active Fibre
16. Nutrilite
17. Kissan Cream Spread
18. Rajdhani Besan
19. Britannia Vita Marie

Double standards

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