https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283004 A prosecution under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act failed because the written consent required for sanction did not show conscious application of mind to the relevant materials and was treated as an invalid pro forma order. The court also held that the amended standard for Vitamin A in Vanaspati Ghee, being beneficial, could apply to pending matters; as the analyst's report showed presence of Vitamin A and the sample did not fail the revised test, the adulteration basis no longer survived. The conviction and sentence were therefore set aside. en-us Fri, 12 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 03 Sep 2019 17:20:45 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283004 A prosecution under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act failed because the written consent required for sanction did not show conscious application of mind to the relevant materials and was treated as an invalid pro forma order. The court also held that the amended standard for Vitamin A in Vanaspati Ghee, being beneficial, could apply to pending matters; as the analyst's report showed presence of Vitamin A and the sample did not fail the revised test, the adulteration basis no longer survived. The conviction and sentence were therefore set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 12 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283004