Patanjali's amla juice off the shelf for Indian Armed Forces

The Canteen Stores Department has suspended the sale of a batch of Patanjali Ayurveda amla juice to the armed forces. The CSD is the retailing entity selling consumer goods to the Armed forces. The reason cited is that the product failed to pass a laboratory test.

A show cause notice was issued to the firm promoted by Yoga guru, Baba Ramdev after the product failed to clear the the test carried out at West Bengal Public Health Laboratory, Kolkata. Further action would be taken on the issue after the firm replies to the show cause notice.

The CSD had sent out samples of the Amla Juice to the laboratory in Kolkata. Patanjali on the other hand in a statement said Uttarakhand's Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy department had certified the Amla juice in 2009 - one of the top selling products. It said the amla juice is an ayurvedic medicine and not a food product and it should be taken on advice of qualified practitioners.

Of late the many of the companies products have been getting an adverse feedback from consumers and retailers. This prompted the company to form two internal committees to sort out the problem. The company it may be recalled also ran into trouble with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India for misbranding.

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