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Definition :

Or is otherwise unfit for human consumption, the words 'or' is otherwise unfit for human consumption are disjunctive of the rest of the words preceding them. It relates to a distinct and separate class altogether. The clause 'or is otherwise unfit for human consumption' is residuary provision which would apply to a case not covered by or falling squarely within the clauses preceding it. If the phrase is to be read disjunctively the mere proof of the article of food being 'filthy, putrid, rotten,

decomposed.... or insect infested' would be per se sufficient to bring within the purview of the

word 'adulterated' as defined in sub-clause (f) and it would not be necessary in such a case to

prove further that the article of food was unfit for human consumption, Municipal Corporation v. Tek Chand Bhatia, (1980) 1 SCC 158: AIR 1980 SC 360 (362). [Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, s. 2(1)(f)]