2015 (1) TMI 1386

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..... URT - TMI
KERALA HIGH COURT - HC
Dated:- 28-1-2015
WP(C).No. 2275 of 2015 (H) - -
Customs
Release of seized goods - case of petitioner is that raw un-garbled betel nuts imported by the petitioner does not attract the provisions of Food Safety and Standards Act 2008 and Rules and Regulations thereunder - Held that: - the applicant cannot be refused with the release of goods without f .....

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..... arbled betel nuts imported by the petitioner does not attract the provisions of Food Safety and Standards Act2008and Rules and Regulations thereunder. b) issue a writ of certiorari or other appropriate writ order or direction calling for the records leading to examination order in Ext. P5 to P8 and quash the conditions in them mandating testing and obtaining No Objection Certificate from FSSAI, .....

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..... Ext. P13 judgment dated 15.10.2014 in W.P.(C) Nos. 11763 of 2013 and connected cases, whereby it has been held that there are no standards for betel nuts under the Food Safety and Standard Act, 2008 and in the absence of standards under the Act, the authority shall follow the standards of 'codex alimentarius', if any, and that in the absence of prescription of standards therein, to take p .....

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