New Delhi, July 9 -- India's food safety regulator has issued notices to alcoholic beverage manufacturers after finding alleged violations of rules governing added flavours and age claims, setting up a fresh regulatory dispute with the liquor industry.

In an Instagram post on Thursday, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said inspections found some manufacturers adding flavours to products such as rum, brandy, gin, whisky, wine and beer to replicate their natural taste and aroma, contrary to food safety regulations.

"Certain manufacturers are blending added flavors that mimic a product's natural profile (e.g., in Rum, Brandy, Gin, Malt/Grain Whisky, Wine, and Beer). This directly contravenes the regulation stating t...