Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved is under the scanner yet again. This time, officials of the Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) department stumbled upon two 1-kg packs of ‘Aawla Murabba’ which, has the manufacturing date printed as 20 October 2016 and the expiry date as 19 October 2017.
This sample was available for sale in the market. It was taken from a retail store in Kalyanpur Ring Road, The Times of India reported.
Since ‘Aawla Murabba’ is an ayurvedic medicine, it does not qualify as a food product, FSDA officials say.
Samples of products were taken from different stores in the same city for quality tests. The samples ranged from ‘soan paapdi’, cow’s milk ‘ghee’ and ‘turmeric powder’.
Furnishing wrong information about the product ultra vires the provisions of the Drug & Cosmetic Act.Dr Shiv Kumar Verma, Drug Inspector (headquarter), Directorate of Ayurveda, UP
Along with this information being conveyed to the director of ayurvedic services in Dehradun, a sealed sample of the product is being sent to the labs for testing.
Also read: Ramdev’s Patanjali Under Scanner: Ghee Samples Sent for Testing
(At The Quint, we are answerable only to our audience. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member. Because the truth is worth it.)