Srinagar, Aug. 1 -- Srinagar- The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), Jammu and Kashmir, has issued a public health advisory asking consumers not to purchase or consume a batch of "Dust Tea (Premium Instant Mix Tea)" marketed under the brand New Fast Tea after it was declared unsafe by the National Food Laboratory (NFL), Ghaziabad.

According to the FDA, the advisory pertains to Batch No. 10, packed by M/s INAAM Tea Agency, Thane, Maharashtra.

The sample was collected by the Food Safety Officer, Tral, on June 27 during routine enforcement activities and sent to the National Food Laboratory in Ghaziabad for analysis.

The laboratory found the tea sample to contain the prohibited synthetic food colours Tartrazine and Sunset Yellow, render...