FSSAI serves notice to Ramdev’s Patanjali atta noodles

Hyderabad, Dec 11: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) servied notices to two ayurvedic firms, including yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, for violating food safety norms in manufacturing atta noodles. Announcing this in the Lok Sabha today, Union Health Ministry J.P. Nadda said , “The FSSAI has issued a notice to M/s Patanjali Ayurved Ltd and M/s Akash Yog Health Products Pvt. Ltd. on November 19 asking them to show cause as to why action should not be taken against them for violating the provisions of the Food Safety and Standards Act...for manufacturing, relabelling and marketing Patanjali atta noodles without obtaining valid approvals.” It may be recalled that Ramdev had launched the product to capture the noodle market by branding his product as healthier and more affordable than other instant noodles.