The statement said that FSSAI had granted Patanjali a "relabelling licence", under which they had given contracts to manufacturers who had the appropriate licence for noodles to make this product.
After Baba Ramdev's instant atta noodles got into trouble for not having the appropriate licence from the Food Standards and Safety Authority of India (FSSAI), his company Patanjali Ayurved spoke out, saying there was no violation of food regulator's rules on their part.
Baba Ramdev's spokesperson S K Tijarawala put up a statement on social media defending Patanjali's position, saying there was no contravention of any of the food regulatory body's rules. The statement said that Patanjali had received a licence from FSSAI in the "central category" for pasta. According to the FSSAI's own definition, the statement continued, noodles come under the pasta category.
The statement said that FSSAI had granted Patanjali a "relabelling licence", under which they had given contracts to manufacturers who had the appropriate licence for noodles to make this product.
The statement also said that according to the Bombay High Court, FSSAI did not have the authority to give "product approval", something which the director (product approval) had admitted in a statement on 26 August, 2015.
This referred to a Bombay High court order from 2014, upheld by the Supreme Court in August this year, quashing a product advisory on food safety norms issued by the FSSAI, in May 2013, which required packaged food, beverages, health drink and supplement makers to disclose any ingredient or formulation change to the regulatory body. The high court had found that the advisory lacked any legal force, and had to be ratified by the parliament.
Though the FSSAI chairperson Ashish Bahuguna did not reply to dna's queries over phone or email, it was learnt that the body had caught upon the smallest of details in their rules to crack down on Patanjali; the category for pasta includes noodles but not instant noodles. The latter would be any noodles that claims to be cooked in two to three minutes, as Patanjali atta noodles has branded itself. According to media reports, Bahuguna himself wanted "appropriate action" taken into the matter.
Both Patanjali and the FSSAI seem to be locking horns on the change one word can bring to the definition and categorisation of a product. Baba Ramdev, too, in his interviews to TV channels said that his company had not done anything illegal in producing and launching these noodles. However, according to sources, Ramdev is himself on the job, ensuring that all obstacles are ironed out as the noodles hit the shelves.
After Baba Ramdev's instant atta noodles got into trouble for not having the appropriate licence from the Food Standards and Safety Authority of India (FSSAI), his company Patanjali Ayurved spoke out, saying there was no violation of food regulator's rules on their part.
Baba Ramdev's spokesperson S K Tijarawala put up a statement on social media defending Patanjali's position, saying there was no contravention of any of the food regulatory body's rules. The statement said that Patanjali had received a licence from FSSAI in the "central category" for pasta. According to the FSSAI's own definition, the statement continued, noodles come under the pasta category.
The statement said that FSSAI had granted Patanjali a "relabelling licence", under which they had given contracts to manufacturers who had the appropriate licence for noodles to make this product.
The statement also said that according to the Bombay High Court, FSSAI did not have the authority to give "product approval", something which the director (product approval) had admitted in a statement on 26 August, 2015.
This referred to a Bombay High court order from 2014, upheld by the Supreme Court in August this year, quashing a product advisory on food safety norms issued by the FSSAI, in May 2013, which required packaged food, beverages, health drink and supplement makers to disclose any ingredient or formulation change to the regulatory body. The high court had found that the advisory lacked any legal force, and had to be ratified by the parliament.
Though the FSSAI chairperson Ashish Bahuguna did not reply to dna's queries over phone or email, it was learnt that the body had caught upon the smallest of details in their rules to crack down on Patanjali; the category for pasta includes noodles but not instant noodles. The latter would be any noodles that claims to be cooked in two to three minutes, as Patanjali atta noodles has branded itself. According to media reports, Bahuguna himself wanted "appropriate action" taken into the matter.
Both Patanjali and the FSSAI seem to be locking horns on the change one word can bring to the definition and categorisation of a product. Baba Ramdev, too, in his interviews to TV channels said that his company had not done anything illegal in producing and launching these noodles. However, according to sources, Ramdev is himself on the job, ensuring that all obstacles are ironed out as the noodles hit the shelves.
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