New Delhi: The authorities has requested all of the e-commerce firms to take away drinks and drinks, together with Bournvita, from the well being drinks class from their portals.

“National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), a statutory body constituted under section (3) of the Commission of Protection of Child Rights (CPCR) Act 2005 after its inquiry under Section 14 of CRPC Act 2005 concluded that there is no ‘health drink’ defined under FSS Act 2006, rules and regulations submitted by FSSAI and Mondelez India Food Pvt Ltd,” the Commerce and Industry Ministry stated in an advisory to all e-commerce firms.

The order is dated April 10, 2024.

It stated that each one e-commerce firms/portals are suggested to take away drinks and drinks, together with Bournvita, from the class of well being drinks from their platforms/websites.

On April 2, meals security requirements regulator FSSAI directed all e-commerce meals enterprise operators (FBOs) to make sure applicable categorisation of meals merchandise being offered on their web sites.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has famous that situations of meals merchandise licensed below ‘Proprietary Food’ with the closest class Dairy-Based Beverage Mix or Cereal-Based Beverage Mix or Malt-Based Beverage being offered on e-commerce web sites below the class Health Drink, Energy Drink, and so forth, it added.