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Adulteration and misbranding of foodstuffs

Adulteration and misbranding of foodstuffs, Adulteration and misbranding of foodstuffs is a rampant evil and a statute calculated to control that evil is indisputably in the interest of the general public. The statute imposing restrictions upon traders will not be deemed unreasonable merely because it makes a departure from the normal structure of statutes enunciating offences and prescribing punishments, Andhra Pradesh Grain and Seed Merchants Association v. Union of India, AIR 1971 SC 2346 (2349): 1970 (2) SCC 71. (Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954)...

Misbranded

Misbranded, an insecticide shall be deemed to be misbranded--(i) if its label contains any statement, design or graphic representation relating thereto which is false or misleading in any material particular, or if its package is otherwise deceptive in respect of its contents; or(ii) if it is an imitation of, or is sold under the name of, another insecticide; or(iii) if its label does not contain a warning or caution which may be necessary and sufficient, if complied with, to prevent risk to human beings or animals; or(iv) if any word, statement or other information required by or under this Act to appear on the label is not displayed thereon in such conspicuous manner as the other words, statements, designs or graphic matter have been displayed on the label and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by any ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use; or(v) if it is not packed or labelled as required by or under this Act; or(vi) if it is n...

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Adulterant

Adulterant, 'adulterant' means any material which is or could be employed for the purposes of adulteration. [Prevention of Food Adulteration Act (37 of 1954), s. 2(i)]Means any material which is or could be employed for making the food unsafe or substandard, misbranded or containing extraneous matter. [The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, s. 3(a)]Means any material which is or could be employed for the purposes of adulteration. [The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, s. 2(a)]...

Stock

Stock, a race, lineage, or family; also, the public funds [for definition, see (English) National Debt Act, 1870, Part VII., and 20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 28, s. 49 (1)], considered merely as perpetual annuities redeemable at the pleasure of the Government; also, the capital of a public company, as to which see SHARES.The plain meaning of the word 'stock' in these provisions of the Act is 'to keep' and the injunction of the law means no more than this that no person shall keep for sale a misbranded drug or a drug in respect of which a valid licence is not held. It is not necessary that the drug should be 'stored' in a place in order that it can be said to have been 'stocked' for sale, S.K. Amir v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1974 SC 469: (1974) 4 SCC 210: (1974) 3 SCR 84. [Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, ss. 18(a) and (c), 27(a)]Stock, refers to currency of the State, irrespective of the place of registration of the company. The very use of the word 'stock itself connotes uniformity', National B...

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