Question : SPURIOUS SOFT DRINKS

(a) whether the business of spurious soft drinks is on the rise in the country;

(b) if so, the details of cases which come to the notice of the Government during the last one year;

(c) the number of persons arrested in this connection; and

(d) the action taken against them so far?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI V. SREENIVASA PRASAD)

(a) to (d): The Government does not have factual and authentic information to suggest that the business of spurious soft drinks is on the rise in the country.