The Commissioner of Food Safety, Andhra Pradesh, has announced that the prohibition of manufacture, storage, distribution or sale of gutkha and other chewable tobacco products in the State has been further extended for a period of one year from January 10, 2014.
Previous order expired
The Hindu had carried a report “Gutkha is now ‘legal’ in State”, which appeared in these columns on Monday, about the purported delay in extending the ban, the previous order of which expired on January 9, 2014.
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The ban on the tobacco products has been imposed under Section 30 (2) (a) of the Food Safety and Standard Act 2006 and in the interest of public health, according to the press release from the Commissioner of Food Safety on Monday.
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