Consumer affairs panel wants e-commerce platforms to pull misleading food listings in real time

India has no dedicated mechanism to police misleadingly labelled packaged food sold online, and the two regulators involved disagree on who owns the problem, the Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution found in a report tabled in both Houses on July 23, 2026. The committee’s two core recommendations to close the gap: A joint task framework: The Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA) should work with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), State Food