High Court of Bombay Directs Food Authorities to Follow Due Process for Seizure of Confectionery Batches Exceeding Colour Limits, While Examining Legality of Lactic Acid Addition. The court held that the question of permissibility of lactic acid in sugar boiled confectionery under Regulation 2.7.1 of the Food Safety and Standards Regulations, 2011, is the core issue, and for the nine batches with excess colour, the prescribed sampling and analysis procedure must be followed.
19 Dec 2012The petitioner, a manufacturer of sugar boiled confectionery products like 'Kaccha Mango Bite' and 'Mazelo', filed a writ petition challenging the sei...
