The shocking incident came to light when an FDA team raided the confectionery in the Palda area of the city and impounded the sweet items comprising 5,600 kg of candy and 4,200 kg of lollipop

Entire controversy around the so-called 'honeygate' was triggered after the research and advocacy firm CSE in its recent report said 10 among top brands like Dabur, Patanjali, Baidyanath, Zandu, Hitkari and Apis Himalaya are allegedly adulterated with sugar syrup

While social media users argued on whether to trust Saffola, one of the honey brands that passed the NMR test, the company assured that all its batches undergo this stringent test

Responding to Dabur's claim about maligning its brand and that its honey is NMR passed from Germany and meets Indian standards, the CSE said the company's claim about compliance with Indian laws is no surprise

The report revealed how advocation and advertising by Chinese companies of sugar syrup that can bypass Indian tests for honey priority led to 10 out of 13 Indian honey brands adulterating their product.

On CSE's concerns about the non-prescription of Trace Marker for Rice syrup (TMR) for detecting adulteration of in honey, FSSAI said that a more sensitive Specific Marker for Rice syrup test (SMR) has already been made mandatory to detect such adulteration

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) alleged that Chinese companies were exporting sugar syrup as 'fructose syrup' to India with claims that it could bypass the basic tests specified for selling honey in Indian market

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Honey samples from leading brands such as Dabur, Patanjali, Baidyanath, Zandu, Hitkari and Apis Himalaya, all failed the NMR test

The ministry has directed all shop owners to keep a hand santiser at the entrance of their shops which must be sanitised every day, using one per cent Sodium Hypochlorite solution.

The brands whose samples flunked the test include household names like Dabur, yoga guru Ramdev Baba's Patanjali, Zandu, Baidyanath, Apis Himalaya and Hitkari

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He said the Patanjali Group would focus on six sectors natural medicine, natural food, natural cosmetics, dairy products, cattle feed and natural manure in a big way.