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Haldiram’s, Adani, Cavinkare in US rejected foods list for adulteration
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Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi
June 29 , 2015
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The US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has rejected many India
made food products this year for presence of adulterants such as
pesticide chemical.
In this regard, in a recent 'Import Refusal
Report,' Haldiram’s, a popular Indian snacks brand, had maximum number
of rejections on its name under snacks category. The report lists
refusal actions taken by the FDA against imported products.
The
other companies named were Adani Food Products Pvt. Ltd, Anand Business
Co., Bajaj Foods Ltd (factory), Cavinkare Pvt. Ltd, Economic Food
Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Nilamel Exports, Ranjit Foods Pvt. Ltd, Sapthsathi
Organic Agriculture Project, and Surya International.
Interestingly,
in January, US FDA had refused import permission to Nestle under
noodles category. Later, in February, it had issued a import refusal
report in which it claimed that the article - Fried Snack Foods, N.E.C
of Haldiram's - is subject to refusal of admission pursuant to Section
801(a)(3) in that it appears to be adulterated because it contains a
pesticide chemical, which is in violation of Section 402(a)(2)(B).
A total of 20 such snacks were refused permission in February.
In
an Import Alert # 23-14 Published on May 28, 2015, for detention
without physical examination of food products due to the presence of
Aflatoxin, the US FDA listed several companies of total 29 countries
along with 10 Indian food companies wherein Haldiram’s had six numbers
of its products.
However experts felt that this was a regular
kind of action, which US FDA was known to take. Similar rejections were
reported in 2014 as well.
As for Nestle, US FDA issued refusal report
on three accounts – labelling, nutrition and ingredients. One of such
rejection report says that the article appears in violation of FPLA
because of its placement, form and/or contents statement. “Further the
article is subject to refusal of admission pursuant to Section 801(a)(3)
of the FD&C Act in that it appears to be misbranded within the
meaning of Section 403(i)(2) of the FD&C Act in that it is
fabricated from two or more ingredients and the label fails to bear the
common or usual name of each such ingredient and/or the article purports
to be a beverage containing vegetable or fruit juice, but does not bear
a statement with appropriate prominence on the information panel of the
total percentage of such fruit or vegetable juice contained in the
food. [Misbranded, Section 403(i)(2)]."
Further the report
stated that the article appeared to be misbranded in that the label or
labelling failed to bear the required nutrition information.
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