CHANDIGARH: A district court here made one person stand till rising of the court and imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on him for selling eatable without a food license. The person was held guilty and convicted under Sections 26 (2) (iii), 31(1), punishable under Section 63 of the Food Safety and Standards Act.
On October 18, 2017, a food safety officer during an inspection at the business premises of M/S Sharma Sweets, Hallomajra, Chandigarh, found the accused selling food articles like rasgulla, gulab jamun and burfi etc. for human consumption by way of public sale without a food license. The food inspector challaned the accused for selling the aforesaid food articles for human consumption without having a food license under Sections 26 (2) (iii) and 31(1) of the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006.
The defence counsel contended that no sample of food article was taken by the food safety officer nor raw material for preparation were seized and entire case has been falsely foisted upon the accused.
Prosecution contended that since the accused was challaned for selling selling food articles like rasgulla, gulab jamun and burfi etc. without having food license for human consumption by way of public sale, there was no requirement for taking sample of the food articles.
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