Bombay HC To Hear Liquor Makers’ Challenge To FSSAI Orders Halting Fresh Stocks Of McDowell’s And Old Monk

The Bombay High Court has agreed to hear a legal challenge from liquor manufacturers United Spirits Ltd and Mohan Meakin Ltd against Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) orders that have prohibited the manufacture and sale of fresh stocks of their popular Indian-Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) brands, McDowell’s No. 1 Celebration Matured Rum and Old Monk.

The manufacturers argue that the prohibition orders issued after inspections of their manufacturing units have effectively shut down 30% of the IMFL industry, as the products have been manufactured using the same process for decades. The petitioners contend that while FSSAI raised concerns over labelling and product composition, there were no safety issues or public health risks found by the regulator's Food Analyst.

Brief written by urgent.news from Free Press Journal's own syndicated text. Machine-written — it may contain errors, so check the original before relying on it.