A video claiming that spices from India contain urine and cow dung have been found to be defamatory by a court in New Delhi last year, but the same claims are still circulating in other forms, including among Malaysian internet users.

In Malaysia, the claims are making the rounds in a WhatsApp message, written in BM, alleging that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found the spices to contain 18 percent cow urine and dung...