ZANDU TOOK US TO COURT… THEN HIGH COURT SHOCKED EVERYONE! 😱⚖️

Trustified Says Zandu Ashwagandha Gold Plus Test Video Is Public Again

Trustified says it is making its lab-test video about Zandu Ashwagandha Gold Plus public again after the Calcutta High Court set aside an earlier ex-parte order obtained by Emami Limited, Zandu’s parent company.

According to Trustified, the order was issued without hearing the creator and required the video’s removal while barring further comments about the product. Trustified says it complied with the order and then appealed.

Reported Test Results

The video recaps Trustified’s reported findings:

• Lead: 16.98 mg/kg, compared with the 10 mg/kg limit Trustified cites from the Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India (API). Trustified also says the result exceeded the lower FSSAI limit it referenced.
• Mercury: 7.28 mg/kg, compared with the 1 mg/kg API limit cited by Trustified.

Trustified says it emailed Zandu for comment before publishing but received no response within 24 hours.

Trustified’s Account of the Court’s Reasoning

Trustified says the High Court relied on the principle that a person should generally not be silenced at the outset for making claims they say are true, unless the claims are clearly false or made in bad faith.

According to Trustified, the court also:

• Rejected Zandu’s argument that the API limits were inapplicable.
• Observed that holding a drug licence does not by itself establish compliance with API standards.
• Noted that Zandu’s expert reports did not dispute the reported quantities of lead and mercury, but attributed the metals to ingredients such as gold and yashada ash.
• Said that identifying the source of the metals does not establish that they are harmless.

Trustified further says the court considered the video’s phrases “poison in a bottle” and “cancerous” in context. It noted that “poison in a bottle” was framed as a question and that “cancerous” referred to potential risks from excessive exposure to lead and mercury.

Status of the Dispute

Trustified emphasizes that the High Court’s observations were tentative and that the underlying dispute remains for the trial court to decide. Trustified says Zandu sought a stay of the High Court decision, but the request was refused.

Presenter/contributor: Trustified presenter (name not stated).