Mint explainer: Why is India’s food regulator cracking down on ‘herbal tea’?
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has, through a directive issued on 24 December, instructed food companies and e-commerce platforms to discontinue the marketing of plant-based infusions—including herbal, flower and rooibos blends—as tea, citing misleading labeling and misbranding. Source
