Supreme Court of India

State of Tamil Nadu v. S. Shanumugham Chettiar & Anr.

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Reported as [1981] 1 S.C.R. 774
Decided 22 September 1980

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Preventfon .r,f Food Adulterllltion Act, 1954; Section 16(l)(a) read with Section (i) and 2.(i) (L)-gingelly oil-increase in the Free Fatty Acid content­ Oil whether becomes adulterated. Under section 2(i)(L) (before it was amended in 1976) of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act,· 1954, an article of food is deemed to be adulternted "if the quality of purity of the article falls below the prescribed standard or its constituents are present in quantities which are in excess of the prescribed limits of variability". On November 1, 1969, sample of gingelly oil was purchased by the Muni­

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