https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=465274 The regulatory framework under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 permitted controlled use of ethephon in sachets to generate ethylene gas for artificial ripening, provided it was not sprayed directly on fruit and remained consistent with food safety regulations. The challenged direction was treated as within the authority's power because it related to food safety administration and did not conflict with the statutory scheme. A separate government order encouraging En-Ripe as a safer alternative source of ethylene gas was read as a non-mandatory policy instruction, not a prohibition on ethephon, and therefore did not call for interference. en-us Wed, 19 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:44:22 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=465274 The regulatory framework under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 permitted controlled use of ethephon in sachets to generate ethylene gas for artificial ripening, provided it was not sprayed directly on fruit and remained consistent with food safety regulations. The challenged direction was treated as within the authority's power because it related to food safety administration and did not conflict with the statutory scheme. A separate government order encouraging En-Ripe as a safer alternative source of ethylene gas was read as a non-mandatory policy instruction, not a prohibition on ethephon, and therefore did not call for interference. Case-Laws Companies Law Wed, 19 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=465274