date:Apr 04, 2014
The Bombay High Court granted the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) a three-week deadline to reply to its notification after the countrys apex food regulator amended the existing regulations to permit companies manufacturing energy drinks, such as Red Bull, to increase their caffeine content beyond the stipulated limit. There were two hearings of a public interest litigation to this effect in the High Court recently, and as FSSAI failed to reply to its notification, the amendm