Foodstuff and food

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....cyclopedic Dictionary defines "foodstuff" as material for food and "foodstuffs" as articles of food in bulk.  As per Words and Phrases (Permanent edition, volume 17, at page 306) "food", in the general sense of the term, is that which is eaten or drunk for nourishment. It is a nutritive material taken into the body for the purpose of growth, repair or maintenance; that which is eaten or dr....

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....in and fundamental distinction. Purchaser of beverage in which there was worm could not base action on statutory implied contract that 'food' is wholesome, since 'food' does not include beverage. " The New Encyclopaedia Britannica (15th edition, Volume 25, page 49) states the functions of "food" as under: "Functions of food: Food serves three functions in most liv....