Sweet shop sells herbal Mysurpa as Covid cure, sealed

Coimbatore: A day after a sweet stall owner at Chinniyampalayam announced the sale of herbal Mysurpa stating that could cure one of Covid-19 in a day, the food safety department, along with the joint director of medical services and siddha district officer, sealed the shop on Wednesday, seized 120kg herbal Mysurpa worth around Rs1 lakh and booked him under the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Act.
Sri Ram Vilas Nellai Lala Sweets had on Tuesday unveiled the herbal mysurpa, which it said contained 19 herbs such as sukku, pepper, turmeric, thippili, morina leaves, karpooravalli, agathi leaves and triphala, and could cure the virus infection in a day.
After the announcement went viral, the district administration directed the health and food safety department officials to inquire into the sweet maker and product.
The officials subsequently conducted a raid at the shop and its manufacturing facility at Thottipalayam and found the herbal formulation that was used for the Mysurpa was unapproved. The advertisement was also misleading as there wasn’t any proper tests or evidences to confirm the product was a cure for Covid-19 and would yield results in 24 hours of consumption, a source said.
Officials have cancelled the manufacturing unit’s licence and ordered them to stop making the herbal Mysurpa, which was green in colour. The shop was selling it in 50gm packets. It was priced at Rs 800 per kg.