Patanjali defends amla juice as ayurvedic medicine, says FMCG norms not apt

India's defence forces suspended its sale after receiving a negative state laboratory test report

In the light of suspension of Patanjali Ayurveda's amla juice after it failed to clear a laboratory test, yoga guru Baba Ramdev has defended his product calling it medicinal and “absolutely safe” for human consumption.

This comes after the Canteen Stores Department, the retailing entity selling of consumer goods to armed forces suspended sale of a batch of its amla juice and sent a show-cause notice to the company to examine the deviations and explain about them. They said "further action" will be taken on receipt of reply from the firm. 

Consequently, Ramdev said that norms prescribed by the country's