PANJIM: Directorate of Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) on Saturday issued more directions placing a complete ban on the manufacture, storage, sale or distribution of food products containing tobacco or nicotine like gutkha and pan masala in Goa.
The State now has two bans or prohibition tools to tackle violations under Goa Public Health (Amendment) Act, 2005 and Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. Earlier, the Commissioner of Food Safety under Goa Public Health (Amendment) Act, 2005 had prohibited the manufacture and sale of processed, flavoured, scented, chewing tobacco, packaged or unpackaged or sold as one or separate products.
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