Recall record
Aditya Birla food-grade phosphoric acid recall: Aug 2023 (BIS)
Last checked 20 September 2026. A few details are still being checked against the original document.
BIS ordered a recall of Aditya Birla food-grade phosphoric acid on 3 Aug 2023 for failing IS 10508:2020, parameter being verified from the order PDF; licensee Grasim Industries Ltd.; only the named lot is affected, as of 20 Sep 2026.
- Classification
- Licence action or recall under BIS certification
- Decided by
- Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
- Reference
- BIS public recall alert, order dated 3 Aug 2023 (IS 10508:2020); order, being verified
- Latest action
- 3 August 2023
- Last checked
- 20 September 2026details being verified
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BIS recall order PDF, Aditya Birla, 3 Aug 2023
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Key facts
- Product
- Phosphoric acid, food grade (an acidity regulator used in soft drinks and processed foods)
- Brand
- Aditya Birla (Grasim) food-grade phosphoric acid
- Licensee
- Grasim Industries Ltd., Karwar, Karnataka
- BIS licence number
- 6535675
- Indian Standard
- IS 10508:2020
- Order date
- 3 Aug 2023
- Date of manufacturing (BIS table)
- 12-06-2023
- Non-conformity
- not stated in the readable part of the order (being verified)
- Clause
- 3.3, Table 1 (vii)
- Type of risk
- Not stated in the readable part of the order
- Lot covered
- D3
- Pack size
- See order PDF (being verified)
- BIS branch office
- , being verified
The Bureau of Indian Standards published a public alert for a recall of food-grade phosphoric acid sold under the Aditya Birla brand, manufactured by Grasim Industries Ltd., Karwar, Karnataka, under BIS licence 6535675 for IS 10508:2020. The order is dated 3 Aug 2023. The order PDF is a scanned image and the non-conforming parameter could not be read from it. The alert covers lot D3, manufacturing date 12-06-2023.
BIS issues such alerts when a sample drawn under its certification scheme fails one or more requirements of the Indian Standard, and it directs the licensee to withdraw the affected lot and inform the public.
A BIS recall is separate from FSSAI's recall system. It does not, on its own, indicate an FSSAI licence suspension or prohibition, and it applies only to the lot named in the order.
What this means for you
What a BIS recall is
BIS certifies products against Indian Standards under the ISI mark. When a factory or market sample fails the standard, BIS directs the licensee to recall the affected lot and publishes a public alert.
Check the lot
Only the lot named in the order is recalled: D3. Other lots of the same brand are not covered by this alert.
It is not an FSSAI action
BIS recalls run under the BIS Act, 2016, separately from FSSAI's FoSCoS recall system. A BIS alert does not by itself mean an FSSAI licence action.
This is a record of official orders, not medical advice. Do not stop a prescribed medicine without asking your doctor or pharmacist.
Official sources and primary records
- BIS public alert for product recall on account of non-conformity (fetched 20 Sep 2026)RegulatorBureau of Indian Standards · 20 September 2026
- BIS recall order PDF, Aditya Birla, 3 Aug 2023RegulatorBureau of Indian Standards · 3 August 2023