Patanjali News: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s company Patanjali Ayurveda Limited has issued a clarification after questions were raised on cow milk and ghee. Patanjali has claimed that the company sells cow milk and ghee only after strict standards and testing. Patanjali has said that the lawsuit and related orders by the court regarding the samples of Patanjali’s cow ghee taken under the Food Safety Act are flawed and against the law.
Patanjali says, “The referral laboratory was not NABL accredited for testing cow ghee, hence the testing done there is not legally acceptable. It is ridiculous and deeply objectionable that a sub-standard lab has declared Patanjali’s best cow ghee as sub-standard. The company further said, “The parameters on the basis of which the sample was declared unsuccessful were not applicable at that time, hence their use is legally wrong.”
Patanjali will file appeal in Food Safety Tribunal
Patanjali claims, “The re-testing was done after the expiry date of the sample, which is invalid as per law.” The court has passed an adverse order without considering all these major arguments, which is not correct from the point of law. An appeal is being filed against this order in the Food Safety Tribunal and we are confident that this matter will be decided in our favor on the solid grounds of our case before the Tribunal.
Patanjali says, “Nowhere in this decision has Patanjali cow ghee been said to be harmful for consumption.” It has been clarified that only nominal difference is found in Ghee from the standard of RM Value. This RM Value tells the level of volatile fatty acid (which becomes volatile when ghee is heated) in ghee. This is a natural process. This does not affect the quality of ghee. Just like a nominal difference of hemoglobin in the body is natural.
We sell on the basis of strict standards and testing – Patanjali
Patanjali said, “This standard of RM Value varies at the regional level depending on the diet of the animals and climate etc. Even the government regulatory body FSSAI keeps changing this RM value. Sometimes the provision of different RM values has been made on regional basis and sometimes a single RM value has been fixed at the national level. Patanjali collects milk and cow ghee from all over the country based on strict standards and testing and sells it at the national level.
