Bombay HC Sets Aside Penalty On Tata Chemicals For Substandard Iodized Salt, Directs FSSAI To Ensure Procedural Compliance Of Sample Analysis
Live LawThe Nagpur Bench of Bombay High recently set aside a penalty of Rs. “The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India shall issue advisory or office order or circular in terms of what has been noted in the body of the order.” The court allowed an appeal filed by TATA Chemicals Limited and others, challenging the order dated October 13, 2016 passed by the Food Safety Appellate Tribunal, Buldhana. The Adjudicating Officer found the appellants guilty of contravening Section 26 and 27 of the Act of 2006 by manufacturing and selling substandard Iodized Salt TATA to the respondent. The DHL's report described the sample as misbranded, contravening the Packaging & Labeling Regulations of Chapter – 2 of Food Safety & Standards Regulations, 2011. The court noted that the RFL took over thirty days to complete the analysis, breaching the prescribed time limit and potentially compromising the sample's integrity due to environmental factors.
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