Patanjali Ayurved, the FMCG venture promoted by yoga guru Ramdev on Monday said it has received notice from food safety regulator FSSAI, which had accused it of launching instant noodles without approval.
“We have received notice from FSSAI on Tuesday and we will give reply to it,” a company spokesperson told PTI here without elaborating details. last week Central Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had said Patanjali did not have approval for its newly-launched instant noodles, but the company had strongly denied it. FSSAI Chairperson Ashish Bahuguna had stated that no approval or licence was granted to Patanjali for its instant noodles, and for instant noodles companies needed to take prior approval.
He had said Patanjali Ayurved have not taken approval for it. Patanjali, however, strongly denied FSSAI's claims and insisted that it has licence for Pasta, under which noodles fall, as per the regulator's classification.