FDA issues notices to Shah Rukh, Ajay Devgn, Tiger Shroff

Bollywood stars Shah Rukh, Ajay Devgn, Tiger Shroff landed in trouble when The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued show cause notices to them over the Vimal ad.
Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff have been promoting Vimal Elaichi ad and the High Court slapped notices to them for ndirectly promoting pan masala through the 'Vimal Elaichi' ad.
Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff have been promoting Vimal Elaichi commercial and Tukaram Mundhe-led Maharashtra food safety body,issued show cause notice asking an explanation with in fifteen days.
The 9 page notice ran “Upon examination of the said advertisement, it prima facie appears that the advertisement promotes the Vimal brand, which is mainly associated with Pan Masala, a product prohibited for manufacture, storage, transportation, distribution and sale in the State of Maharashtra for a period of one year, with effect from the date specified in the Prohibition Order dated the 13th July, 2026, issued by the Commissioner of Food Safety, Maharashtra State, under Section 30(2)(a) of the FSS Act, 2006,"
The FDA has also been cracking down on gutkha and pan masala containing tobacco or nicotine and coordinating with police to invoke the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against eligible cases involving organised networks dealing in gutkha, tobacco or nicotine-containing pan masala and similar banned products.
- Pramod Nandivada







































