Cardamom or pan masala? Why Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn, Tiger Shroff face FDA action over Vimal ads
- Source
- The Economic Times - Industry
- Source link
- https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/advertising/bollywood-stars-told-to-stop-appearing-in-surrogate-ads-in-indian-states-food-safety-drive/articleshow/133296620.cms
- Published
- 2026-08-17 12:34:58
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-17 14:38:19
- Category
- Procurement & Supply Chain News
- Geography
- India
- Organisations
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- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
Maharashtra’s Food and Drug Administration has warned Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff over advertisements for Vimal cardamoms, saying the brand is largely associated with prohibited pan masala. The actors have been asked to explain their endorsements within 15 days and remove the advertisements from social media.
Possibly the same underlying story as
Pan masala ad row: Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn, Tiger Shroff face FDA notices
— flagged automatically for review, never merged automatically.
Procurement Relevance Gate
FAIL
— score 7.0/100 — evaluated 2026-08-17 14:38:19
Only geographic exposure matched — no substantive content indicator, so this cannot pass alone.
- geographic_exposure (weight 8) — matched on "1 linked geography"
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