Blanket refusal to allow re-testing of seized goods impermissible under Public Notice 28 July 2017; fresh samples and timelines ordered

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....The HC held that the respondents' blanket refusal to permit re-testing of seized goods was impermissible under the Public Notice dated 28 July 2017; re-testing may be denied only occasionally and on reasonable written grounds, and a request must ordinarily be made within ten days of communication of the first test result. The court directed fresh samples to be drawn within five days in the petitioner's presence and sent by FSSAI to the Central Revenues Control Laboratory, New Delhi, which shall report within one month of receipt. Upon drawal of samples and subject to the petitioner satisfying prescribed conditions, the petitioner may apply for provisional release. Petition disposed.....