https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459771 Chewing tobacco and other tobacco products are not "food" within Section 3(j) of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 because the definition covers substances intended to be eaten as food for taste or nourishment. Regulation 2.3.4 of the 2011 Regulations, which prohibits tobacco and nicotine as ingredients in food products, applies only where the article is itself a food product. Tobacco products therefore fall under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 and its rules, not the food safety regime, and the petitioners were entitled to relief. en-us Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:09:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459771 Chewing tobacco and other tobacco products are not "food" within Section 3(j) of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 because the definition covers substances intended to be eaten as food for taste or nourishment. Regulation 2.3.4 of the 2011 Regulations, which prohibits tobacco and nicotine as ingredients in food products, applies only where the article is itself a food product. Tobacco products therefore fall under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 and its rules, not the food safety regime, and the petitioners were entitled to relief. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459771