Leading chip and snack companies, including PepsiCo, Nestle, Coca-Cola and Unilever, are under Canadian Food Inspection Agency investigations over false labeling by a supplier in India.
Indian officials raided the plant and fake nutrition information and expiry dates on products prepared for export.
Indian authorities raided a Mumbai warehouse last week, seizing products worth nearly $110,000 as well as chemicals and printing machines.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency “is monitoring the situation to determine whether it presents any risk to imports into Canada. At this time, the CFIA has no information indicating that products associated with this operation entered Canada,” it said in a statement to Reuters news agency.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency takes food fraud, including false date markings, inaccurate nutrition information, and misleading origin claims seriously,” it added.
It is the first foreign agency to react to the incident.
Why do these companies import from India?
