Bhubaneswar, April 2 -- The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has come up with a new directive for all e-commerce Food Business Operators (FBOs) to ensure appropriate categorization of food products being sold on their websites.

The FSSAI has asked FBOs to ensure appropriate categorization of food products being sold on their websites. This comes after FSSAI found instances of food products licensed under 'Proprietary Food' with the nearest category - Dairy-based Beverage Mix or Cereal-based Beverage Mix or Malt Based Beverage - being sold on e-commerce websites under the category 'Health Drink', 'Energy Drink'.

As per PIB report, FSSAI has clarified that the term 'Health Drink' is not defined or standardized anywhere...