Turmeric - Law Dictionary Search Results
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Turmeric, Turmeric falls within the wider definition of 'food' and 'foodstuffs' given in a dictionary of international standing as well as in several English decisions. It is, as much a 'foodstuff' in its wider meaning, as sausage skins and baking powder and tea, State of Bombay v. Virkumar Gulabchand Shah, AIR 1952 SC 335 (339)...
Bloodroot
A plant Sanguinaria Canadensis with a red root and red sap and bearing a pretty white flower in early spring called also puccoon redroot bloodwort tetterwort turmeric and Indian paint It has acrid emetic properties and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant See Sanguinaria...
Curcuma
A genus of plants of the order Scitamineaelig including the turmeric plant Curcuma longa...
Curcumin
The coloring principle of turmeric or curcuma root extracted as an orange yellow crystalline substance C14H14O4 with a green fluorescence...
Scitamineous
Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants Scitamineaelig mostly tropical herbs including the ginger Indian shot banana and the plants producing turmeric and arrowroot...
Food stuff
Food stuff, the term ' foodstuff' is ambiguous. In one sense it has a narrow meaning and is limited to articles which are eaten as food for purposes of nutrition and nourishment and so would exclude condiments and spices such as yeast, salt, pepper, baking powder and turmeric. In a wider sense, it includes everything that goes in to the preparation of food proper (as understood in the narrow sense) to make it more palatable and digestible In my opinion the problems posed cannot be answered in the abstract and must be viewed in relation to its background and context, State of Bombay v. Virkumar Gulabchand Shah, AIR 1952 SC 335: (1952) SCR 877. [Essential Supplies (Temporary powers) Act, 1946, s. 2(9)]'Foodstuff' need not necessarily mean only the final food product which is consumed. It also includes raw food articles which may after processing be used as food by human beings, K. Janardhan Pillai v. Union of India, AIR 1981 SC 1485: (1981) 2 SCC 45: (1981) 2 SCR 676.Expression 'foodstuf...
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