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Informist, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026

 

--HC stays FSSAI order asking Reliance Consumer to drop 'energy drink' name 

--HC notice to FSSAI on Reliance Consumer's plea in energy drink name case 

 

NEW DELHI – The Delhi High Court Tuesday stayed a Food Safety and Standards Authority of India's order asking Reliance Consumer Products Ltd., the fast-moving consumer goods arm of Reliance Industries Ltd., not to use the "energy drink" name in their Campa-brand products for alleged misbranding and misleading claims. The high court issued a notice to the food safety regulator on Reliance Consumer plea in the energy drink case.

 

The high court said that the barring order by the food safety regulator against Reliance Consumer was passed without issuing a show-cause notice to the company. The food safety regulator's order will have a prejudicial effect on Reliance Consumer if it was not stayed, said the court. "File a reply. It is never too late to realise a mistake, you are the government," said the high court, asking the food safety regulator to consider passing a fresh order after issuing a show-cause notice.

 

Reliance Consumer had argued that it was given no hearing by the food safety regulator and an order was passed even without serving it a show-cause notice. On this, the high court repeatedly questioned the food safety regulator if it issued any show-cause notice to the company before passing the order. The food safety regulator had said that Reliance Consumer had participated in certain meetings for the implementation of the order to remove energy drink names.

 

Earlier, the food safety regulator had sought responses from several beverage companies over the use of the term "energy drink" and related promotional claims, saying there was no notified standard for such products under India's food safety regulations. It had also objected to claims suggesting the beverages enhance energy, focus or help combat general weakness, calling them impermissible under existing laws.

 

On Sept. 29, the high court had set aside the food safety regulator's order asking Red Bull India Pvt. Ltd. to not use energy drink names as it was not issued a show-cause notice. Last week, Monster Energy India Pvt. Ltd. and Pepsico India Holdings Pvt. Ltd. also approached the high court against the food safety regulator's order on energy drink names. The court will hear their case in the afternoon on Tuesday.  

 

At 1127 IST, shares of Reliance Industries Ltd. were up 2.5% at INR 1,216.20 on the National Stock Exchange.  End

 

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Reported by Surya Tripathi

Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury

 

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