{"id":161301,"date":"2022-01-12T21:14:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T15:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=161301"},"modified":"2022-01-12T21:14:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T15:44:09","slug":"answered-upsc-mains-2021-gs-paper-4-case-study-1q-no-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-upsc-mains-2021-gs-paper-4-case-study-1q-no-11\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] UPSC Mains 2021 GS Paper 4 \u2013 Case Study 1(Q. No. 11)"},"content":{"rendered":"

A reputed food product company based in India developed a food product for the international market and started exporting the same after getting necessary approvals. The company announced this achievement and<\/span>\u00a0also indicated that soon the product will be made available for the domestic consumers with almost same quality and health benefits. Accordingly, the company got its product approved by domestic competent authority and launched the product in Indian market. The company could increase its market share over a period of time and earned substantial profit both domestically and internationally.\u00a0However\u00a0the random sample test conducted by the inspecting team found the product being sold domestically in variance with the approval obtained from competent authority. On further investigation it was also discovered that the food company was not only selling products which were not meeting the health standards of the country but also selling the rejected export products in the domestic market. This episode adversely affected the reputation and profitability of the food company<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n