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Bal Kishan Thaper vs Municipal Corporation Of Delhi on 9 March, 1979
Glaxo India Ltd. vs State Of Assam And Ors. on 21 August, 2002
Kisan Trimbak Kothula & Ors vs State Of Maharashtra on 17 November, 1976
Jagneswar Sen Gupta vs Gopal Chandra Saha on 23 March, 1960
Oscar Joseph Antony & Anr vs State Of Jharkhand on 28 June, 2012

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Central Government Act
Section 2(ix) in The Prevention Of Food Adulteration Act, 1954
(ix) " misbranded"- an article of food shall be deemed to be misbranded-
(a) if it is an imitation of, or is a substitute for, or resembles in a manner likely to deceive, another article of food under the name of which it is sold, and is not plainly and conspicuously labelled so as to indicate its true character;
(b) any place or country;
1. Subs. by Act 49 of 1964, s. 2, for" the State Government" (w. e. f. 1- 3- 1965 ).
2. Ins. by Act 34 of 1976, s. 2 (w. e. f. 1- 4- 1976 ).
(c) if it is sold by a name which belong to another article of food;
(d) if it is so coloured, flavoured or seated powdered or polished that the fact that the article is damaged is concealed or if the article is made to appear better or of greater value than it really is;
(e) if false claimes are made for each upon the label or otherwise;
(f) if, when sold in packages which have been sealed or prepared by or at the instance of the manufacturer or producer and which bear his name and address, the contents of each package are not conspicuously and correctly stated on the outside thereof within the limits of variability prescribed under this Act;
(g) if the package containing it, or the label on the package bears any statement, design or device regarding the ingredients or the substances contained therein, which is false or misleading in any material particulars; or if the package is otherwise deceptive with respect to its contents;
(h) if the package, containing it, or the lake on the package bears the name of a fictitious individual or company as the manufacturer or producer of the article;
(i) if it purports to be, or is represented as being, for special dietary uses, unless its label bears such information as may be prescribed concerning its vitamin, mineral, or other dietary properties in order sufficiently to inform its purchaser as to its value for such uses;
(j) if it contains any artificial flavouring artificial colouring or chemical preservative, without a declaratory label stating that fact, or in contravention of the requirements of this Act or rules made thereunder;
(k) if it is not labelled in accerdance with the requirements of this Act or rules made thereunder;