Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) issues notices to e-commerce platforms over Cyclosinone Herbicide sale

Key facts

• The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) issued notices to Amazon, Flipkart, Meesho, and JioMart regarding the sale of an allegedly unregistered product called Cyclosinone Herbicide.
• The action followed concerns raised by the Crop Care Federation of India (CCFI) through the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
• The CCPA found that the herbicide was not listed under the Schedule to the Insecticides Act, 1968.
• The regulator noted that product listings lacked mandatory disclosures including chemical composition, valid licence numbers, validity periods, statutory warnings, and Principal Authorisation Certificates.
• The CCPA cited Rule 10(E) of the Insecticides (Second Amendment) Rules, 2022, which requires e-commerce platforms to verify seller licences before listing insecticides.
• Failure to perform these checks may constitute violations under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, and the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020.