https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=47788 Imported vanaspati found adulterated on reliable laboratory evidence was treated as unfit for human consumption, and confiscation was sustained because food adulteration was viewed as a public health and social defence measure. A belated request for another re-test was rejected where the remnant sample had already been re-analysed and no compelling basis existed for a further fresh sample direction. Alternative prayers to make the goods fit for human consumption or to divert them to industrial use were also declined as late-stage pleas not raised before the lower authorities, and because industrial use would not adequately prevent misuse. en-us Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:47:26 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=47788 Imported vanaspati found adulterated on reliable laboratory evidence was treated as unfit for human consumption, and confiscation was sustained because food adulteration was viewed as a public health and social defence measure. A belated request for another re-test was rejected where the remnant sample had already been re-analysed and no compelling basis existed for a further fresh sample direction. Alternative prayers to make the goods fit for human consumption or to divert them to industrial use were also declined as late-stage pleas not raised before the lower authorities, and because industrial use would not adequately prevent misuse. Case-Laws Central Excise Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=47788