https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172677 Food includes an article generally or commonly used as food or in preparing human food, regardless of a seller's statement that it is intended only for external use. Gingelly oil mixed with groundnut oil therefore falls within the statutory meaning of food. Sale is construed broadly to cover sales for every purpose, including analysis, so liability cannot be avoided by claiming that the article was not sold for human consumption. The sale of the mixed oil is consequently punishable under the Act despite the stated external-use purpose. en-us Thu, 15 Nov 1979 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 13:13:38 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172677 Food includes an article generally or commonly used as food or in preparing human food, regardless of a seller's statement that it is intended only for external use. Gingelly oil mixed with groundnut oil therefore falls within the statutory meaning of food. Sale is construed broadly to cover sales for every purpose, including analysis, so liability cannot be avoided by claiming that the article was not sold for human consumption. The sale of the mixed oil is consequently punishable under the Act despite the stated external-use purpose. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 15 Nov 1979 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172677