This action follows the tribunal's suo motu consideration of a media report about the presence of two flame retardant chemicals in cars—TDCIPP and TCEP—that are known to be carcinogenic.
The IARC along with the Joint Organization Expert Committee on Food Additives (JEFCA) are currently reviewing the effects and safety of aspartame.
The molecule sold under the brand name of Zinetac and Rantac, among others in India, has been facing a controversy since 2019, after an unacceptable level of a probable carcinogen was found in its Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient.
In a bid to challenge the Maharashtra FDA decision to cancel license to manufacture cosmetics from the Mulund facility, Johnson and Johnson has moved the Bombay HC, reports CNBC-TV18's Ashmit Kumar.