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Patanjali: FSSAI record
Last checked 1 October 2026
Patanjali Foods recalled one batch (about 4 tonnes) of packed red chilli powder on 24 Jan 2025 at FSSAI's direction; no Patanjali food product is banned in India as of 1 Oct 2026.
- Classification
- Recall ordered
- Decided by
- Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
- Reference
- FSSAI-directed recall, 24 Jan 2025; Supreme Court contempt proceedings 2023 to 2024
- Evidence
- Government document
- Latest action
- 24 January 2025
- Last checked
- 1 October 2026
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Patanjali contempt case: blatant violations, expanded scope, repeated scoldings and the flip-flop on Rule 170
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Key facts
- Recall
- Packed red chilli powder, one batch, ~4 tonnes, 24 Jan 2025; non-conformity (pesticide residue per Deccan Herald)
- Customer action
- Patanjali asked buyers to return the product for a refund
- Supreme Court
- Contempt proceedings over misleading advertisements, Nov 2023. Aug 2024; 14 Divya Pharmacy product licences suspended by Uttarakhand in Apr 2024, later restored
- Honey
- Patanjali honey also flagged in the same period
- Protein supplements
- Citizens Protein Project 1 (2024) placed Patanjali herbal blends in a 'caution' group for hepatotoxic botanicals; not a failed test
Patanjali's food arm has one recall on record. On 24 Jan 2025 Patanjali Foods withdrew a single batch of packed red chilli powder, about four tonnes, after FSSAI directed a recall for non-conformity; Deccan Herald reported the issue as pesticide residue. The company asked customers to return packs for a refund.
The larger story in search results is the Supreme Court contempt case, which ran from November 2023 to August 2024 and concerned misleading advertisements, chiefly for Divya Pharmacy's ayurvedic medicines. Uttarakhand suspended 14 product licences in April 2024 and later restored them. That matter belongs to the medicines side of the record but is often conflated with a 'food ban', which it was not.
Patanjali honey was also flagged during this period, and the 2024 Citizens Protein Project placed Patanjali's herbal protein blends in a caution group over hepatotoxic botanicals. Neither amounts to a regulatory prohibition. No Patanjali food product is banned in India.
What this means for you
One batch, one product
The 2025 recall covered a single batch of red chilli powder. Other Patanjali foods were not part of it.
The court case was about advertising
The Supreme Court matter concerned claims made in advertisements, mostly for ayurvedic medicines, not food safety.
Check the batch if you still have it
Batch details were published at the time of the recall; the product was refundable on return.
This is a record of official orders, not medical advice. Do not stop a prescribed medicine without asking your doctor or pharmacist.
Sources
Government documents
- Patanjali contempt case: blatant violations, expanded scope, repeated scoldings and the flip-flop on Rule 170CourtSupreme Court Observer
News reports
- Patanjali Foods recalls 4 tonnes of red chilli powder, urges customers to return product, claim refundNewsDeccan Herald