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Mumbai Store Staff Booked Over Chocolate Vegetarian Label
A woman bought a chocolate from a store in Mumbai.
She believed it was vegetarian because the wrapper had a green vegetarian symbol.
A few days later, her husband checked the ingredients and reportedly found that the chocolate contained non-vegetarian ingredients.
She told the police that the label had misled her.
Police registered a case against the store manager and people connected with labelling.
The case is being investigated.
The article does not say whether the allegations have been proven.
Santacruz police registered a case against a Food Square manager and others involved in labelling.
The complaint alleges that a chocolate containing non-vegetarian ingredients was sold with a green vegetarian symbol.
Complainant Simran Chirag Jain said she bought the chocolate on October 4, 2026, believing it was vegetarian.
Her husband reportedly checked the wrapper’s ingredients on October 8 and found non-vegetarian ingredients listed.
The case was registered on October 9 under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Food Safety and Standards Act; investigation is underway.
- Who
- Simran Chirag Jain filed the complaint; the case names the Food Square manager and others associated with its labelling department.
- What
- Police registered a case over an allegation that chocolate with non-vegetarian ingredients was sold with a green vegetarian symbol.
- Where
- Food Square on Linking Road in Santacruz West, Mumbai.
- When
- The chocolate was purchased on October 4, 2026; the ingredients were checked on October 8, and the case was registered on October 9.
- Why
- The complainant alleged that the green symbol led her to believe the chocolate was vegetarian.
Key facts
- Complainant
- Simran Chirag Jain, 29, a lawyer residing in JB Nagar, Andheri
- Store
- Food Square on Linking Road in Santacruz West
- Purchase date
- October 4, 2026
- Case registration date
- October 9
- BNS provision
- Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
- Food safety provisions
- Sections 52 and 26(2)(ii) of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006
- Investigation status
- Further investigation is underway
Sources
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