https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194711 The statutory definition of "sale" under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act is not limited to transactions of food for human consumption; once the article is food within the Act, the purpose of the sale does not control liability. Rule 44-A was treated as imposing a total prohibition on Kesari dal and its products, so a seller cannot rely on an asserted non-human use, such as cattle fodder, to avoid the statutory prohibition. The Act and Rules operate as a public-health regime of strict application, and mens rea or intended ultimate use does not displace liability where the article falls within the prohibition. en-us Wed, 26 Feb 1969 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 16:34:15 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194711 The statutory definition of "sale" under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act is not limited to transactions of food for human consumption; once the article is food within the Act, the purpose of the sale does not control liability. Rule 44-A was treated as imposing a total prohibition on Kesari dal and its products, so a seller cannot rely on an asserted non-human use, such as cattle fodder, to avoid the statutory prohibition. The Act and Rules operate as a public-health regime of strict application, and mens rea or intended ultimate use does not displace liability where the article falls within the prohibition. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 26 Feb 1969 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194711