The Delhi High Court Friday indicated that it will not interfere with the directive of FSSAI withdrawing permissions for food-and-beverage companies to use the word ORS in their labelling unless they meet the standard medical formulation.

Justice Sachin Datta said if the company, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd, wants to re-sticker its existing products, it can do so, and there is no objection on the part of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).

The court stated that it will pass a detailed order in this regard.

Public health hazards cannot be allowed to continue as the health of the citizens is paramount, it said.

It is a health hazard… What I propose to do is this: This embargo will continue. I am not disturbing this embargo, given the public health considerations. Yo

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