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- The Bombay High Court has dismissed a case against Britannia Dairy Pvt Ltd involving allegations of fungus in cheese cubes.
- The court ruled that the Food and Drugs Administration violated the company's rights under the Food Safety and Standards Act by sending a legal notice after the product's shelf life had expired.
- This delay deprived the company of its statutory right to have the food sample independently tested.
- Consequently, the judge concluded that continuing the prosecution would be an abuse of the judicial process.
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Ranjitsinha Bhonsale
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“Allowing the criminal proceedings to continue in their present form would amount to a clear abuse of the process of the court”
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…Ltd over allegations of fungus in a sample of cheese cubes. It held that the company was denied rights under Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act as it was issued a notice after expiration of the product’s shelf life. “ Allowing the criminal proceedings to continue in their present form would amount to a clear abuse of the process of the court ,” said Justice Ranjitsinha Bhonsale on Sept 11. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Britannia Industries. It also markets Britannia Cheese Cubes (Sour Cream and Onion), manufactured by Schreiber Dynamix Dairies…
“In view thereof, the rights available to the applicant under FSS Act have been denied”
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…FSS Act and Rules clearly indicates that Britannia had a right to receive a notice when a sample was taken for analysis. It had the option to analyse a fourth part of the sample by any accredited laboratory, he said. “ In view thereof, the rights available to the applicant under FSS Act have been denied ,” he added. Agreeing with senior advocate Aabad Ponda for Britannia, the judge said the magistrate’s order “is clearly a rubber stamp order and does not indicate or reflect any application of mind”. The “peculiar…
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Named India · IN-MH · Britannia Dairy Pvt Ltd · Aabad Ponda · Britannia Industries · Food and Drugs Administration · P S Pawar · Ranjitsinha Bhonsale · Schreiber Dynamix Dairies Limited
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