2006 (1) TMI 370

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....Amit Jain, DR, for the Respondent. [Order per : S.S. Kang, Vice-President]. - Heard both sides. Appellant filed this appeal against the adjudication order passed by the Commissioner of Customs, Noida. Appellant made import of the Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Vanaspati). A sample was drawn from the vegetable oil imported by the appellant as the vegetable oil is meant for human consumption. The....

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....on the ground that the sample of the vegetable oil is adulterated and does not conform to the standards of vanaspati as laid down under Prevention of Food Adulteration (PFA) Rules, 1955. 2. The contention of the appellant is that no fresh sample has been taken from the consignment and only a part of the above sample was sent for retesting. Appellant made a request for retesting of the fres....

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....A Rules, 1955, melting point (Capillary Slip Method) is above the maximum prescribed limit and the present consignment of the sample which wan above the prescribed limit and was rightly confiscated. 3. In the present case, the sample was tested twice and in both time, it shows that the melting point of the sample was 42.5°C. The standard prescribed under PFA Rules is that melting point....

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....to curb the widespread evil of food adulteration and is a legislative measure for social -defence. It is intended to suppress a social and economic mischief - an evil which attempts to poison, for monetary gains, the very sources of sustenance of life and the well-being of the community. The evil of adulteration of food and its effects on the health of the community are assuming alarming propor....