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2014 (10) TMI 832 - HC - CustomsImport of raw ungarbled form of Areca Nuts (Betel-Nuts) - petition for release consignment - whether food or not - Revenue insisted that petitioner must obtain a test certificate from the second respondent under the provisions of Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations. - Held that:- Thus, by comparing the definition of food under Section 2(j) of the Food Safety Act with that of Section 2(5) of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, it is evident that the word ‘food’ under the provision of Prevention of Food Adulteration Act is a very general term and meant to include any article is used as food or drink for human consumption other than drugs and water. The petitioner himself had applied under the Food Inspection Clearance System, pursuant to which the samples were drawn and found to not meet the standards prescribed and also on being referred to the Referral Laboratory at Mysore at the instance of the petitioner, have miserably failed to make out any case for granting the relief sought for in this writ petition and accordingly, the writ petition fails and it is dismissed.
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