Old Monk can’t be sold as rum, FSSAI tells Bombay High Court, as company submits revised labels
Steady2 outlets reported this in 2 reports over 2 days
Thu, 3 September 2026Tue, 8 September 2026
What it is about
Yash TiwariStandards Authority Of IndiaDiageoAsian College Of JournalismBombay, Maharashtra, IndiaIndiaKolkata, West Bengal, IndiaChennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaKhopoli, Maharashtra, India
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livemint.com
indiatimes.com
3 Sept, 10:25over 5 days8 Sept, 13:27
How it spread - 2 original reports
Thu, 3 September 2026
1 report- livemint.com10:25first to report
The food regulator argues the beverage is a ‘rum-flavoured spirit’ made from neutral alcohol and rum flavouring.
Tue, 8 September 2026
1 report- indiatimes.com13:27
Three Old Monk variants remain barred from sale in Maharashtra after India’s food regulator said laboratory tests detected added rum flavouring in products made at a Khopoli plant. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has also challenged the “7 years old blended” claim on Old Monk XXX.