clearance of consignments of food articles including Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Vanaspati Ghee – instructions – Regarding

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....t of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Excise & Customs November 06, 2006 Subject: Application of PFA Act, 1954 for the clearance of consignments of food articles including Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Vanaspati Ghee - instructions - Regarding. I am directed to invite your kind attention to the interim order of the High Court of Gujarat in a Special Civil Appli....

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....g "penalties"). The objective of the Act reads as "An Act to make provision for prevention of adulteration of the food." Further, under the penalties section (Section 16) no distinction has been made in respect of offences involving import of adulterated or misbranded food into India on the one hand and manufacture / sale/ store / distribution of adulterated or misbranded food within the country. ....

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....untry and not found to be conforming to the prescribed standards. No order of release and reprocessing has been passed by the Court in the said interim order. The Customs Authority suo moto would not be in a position to release the food article for reprocessing. 4. The matter has been examined. The Board has already issued a Circular No. 58/2001 dated 25.10.2001 providing guidelines for examinat....