FSSAI bars non-compliant drinks from using 'ORS' label after 8-year doctor-led campaign
October 2025 ruling restricts the ORS label to drinks matching WHO formulation, forcing reformulation, repackaging or rebranding across pharmacy and beverage shelves. Decision follows Hyderabad paediatrician Dr Sivaranjani Santosh's sustained advocacy and reshapes a category long dominated by sugary look-alikes.
FSSAI ruled in October 2025 that packaged drinks not meeting WHO-recommended ORS formulation cannot use the term ORS on labels, following an eight-year campaign by Hyderabad paediatrician Dr Sivaranjani Santosh — affecting beverage labelling and pharmacy retail.