Cereals - Indian Laws - General

Cereals Shorter Oxford English Dictionary defines Cereals as pertaining to ceres........ or pertaining to corn or edible grain. Any grasses which are cultivated for their seed as human food; commonly comprised under the name of corn or grain. Webster s Third New International Dictionary defines The term Cereals as relating to grain or to the plants that produce it: made of grain ..................... a plant (as a grass) yielding farinaceous seeds suitable for food (as wheat, maize, rice); also, the seeds or grains so produced either in their original state or commercially prepared. Chambers Twenty first Century Dictionary defines Cereal as (1) a member of the grass family that is cultivated as a food crop for its nutritious edible seeds, i.e., grains, e.g., barely, wheat, rice, etc.,; (2) the grain produced; from Latin Cerealis relating to Ceres, goddess of agriculture. Mysore University English-Kannada Dictionary gave the meaning of Cereal as Dhanyadha aharada khalugalu manushyara aharahkagi upagogisuva dhanya khalu ............. (that is Edible grains; grains used for human consumption ). Encyclopaedia Britannica (Volume 5 at page 203) explains cereals thus: Cereals , or grains, are members of the grass family that are cultivated primarily for their starchy seeds (technically dry fruits), which are used for human food, feed for livestock, and as a source of industrial starch. Wheat, rice, maize (called corn in the U.S. and Canada), rye, oats, barely, sorghum, and some of the millets are the common cereals. Wheat, rice and rye are grown primarily for consumption as human food, while much of the maize, barely, oats and sorghum grown in North America, Europe and Australia is fed to livestock to produce meat, dairy and poultry products. The New Encyclopaedia Britannica (15th Edition Volume 3 page 37) gives the following information: Cereal also called grain, any grass yielding starchy seeds suitable for food. The cereals most commonly cultivated are wheat, rice, rye, oats, barely, corn (maize) and sorghum..... As human food, cereals are usually marketed in their raw grain form or as ingredients of various food products; as animal feed, they are consumed mainly by livestock and poultry, which are eventually rendered as meat, dairy and poultry products for human consumption; and they are used industrially in the production of a wide range of substances, such as glucose, adhesives, oils and alcohols. KN. NILUGAL VERSUS DISTRICT MANAGER, FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA, DISTRICT OFFICE, HUBLI/RAICHUR AND ANOTHER - 2004 (1) TMI 654 - KARNATAKA HIGH COURT