Food Safety Appellate Tribunal upholds judgment of Adjudicating Officers

JAMMU, JUNE 14: In a landmark Judgment announced by the   Food Safety Appellate Tribunal, Jammu under Food Safety & Standards Act,2006 , the  Court has  upheld the judgments pronounced by Adjudicating Officers of District Samba and Udhampur in the Cases titled Food Safety Officer Samba V/s Fill industries Ltd SIDCO, Electronic Complex Rangreth-Srinagar & Others, Food Safety Officer Udhampur V/S  M/s Sarveshwar Organic Food Ltd–Jammu wherein  a fine of  Rs Five Lacs Fifty Thousand  have been imposed on the accused parties.

The Cases were pleaded by Adv Chowdhary Mohammad Ayoub who appeared for the Department before the   Food Safety Appellate Tribunal Jammu.

It is pertinent to mention here that during last year; 1921 statutory samples of various food articles were lifted from Jammu Province wherein 564 samples were found in contravention of FSSA. Accordingly, Legal action was initiated against the defaulter companies. Out of which 497 cases have been decided and fine amounting to Rs 45,14,600 have been imposed on the violators.