WHEREAS Gutka Pan Masala Flavoured Scented Tobacco Kharra and similar products containing tobacco

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jkt/kkuh {ks= fnYyh] jk’Vªh; jkt/kkuh {ks= fnYyh esa ljdkjh jkti= esa bl vf/klwpuk ds izdk”ku dh frfFk ls ,d o’kZ dh vof/k ds fy, rEckdw ds fofuekZ.k] HkaMkj.k] forj.k ;k fcØh dk tu LokLF; ds fgr esa izfrcaf/kr djrk gS] tks mDr O;olu eas fdlh ds lkFk ;k rks lqxfU/kr] lqokflr ;k fefJr dh xbZ gks vkSj pkgs xqVdk] iku elkyk] lqxaf/kr] lqokflr rEckdw ;k [kjkZ ds uke ls ;k :i gks ;k vU;Fkk fdlh Hkh uke ls iqdkjk tk, pkgs ;g iSdst esa gks ;k fcuk iSdst ds gks rFkk@vFkok ,d mRikn ds :i esa csph xbZ gks] vFkok iSdst esa vyx mRiknksa ds :i esa csph ;k forfjr bl izdkj ls dh tk; rkfd lsou djus ds fy, miHkksDrk }kjk lqfo/kkiqoZd feyk;k tk ldsA ,l- ,u- feJk] vk;qDr ¼[kk| laj{kk½ DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SAFETY NOTIFICATION Delhi, the 13th April 2018 No. F. 211(17)/DOFS/HQ/2018/374-394.—WHEREAS, Gutka, Pan Masala, Flavoured / Scented Tobacco, Kharra and similar products containing tobacco by whatsoever name called, cause damage to the health of consumers and their adverse impact could also lead to alterations of the genetic make-up of future generations; WHEREAS, tobacco, whether flavoured, scented or mixed with other ingredients such as heavy metals, anti- caking agents (except to the extent specifically permitted as ingredients), silver leaf, binders, flavours, scents, fragrances, prohibited chemicals, or any one of these ingredients (the said ingredients are hereafter collectively or individually, as the context requires, referred to as “the said additives”) are “food” under clause (j) of section 3 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006; WHEREAS, the Central Government has prohibited products containing tobacco and nicotine under regulation 2.3.4 of the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011 and anti-caking agents (beyond the extent permitted) under regulation 3.1.7 of The Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011 ; WHEREAS, the said food articles if consumed will endanger human health and well-being and whereas if consumption of these food articles is allowed without prohibition the well being of current and future generations will be compromised; WHEREAS, under the law and in the interest of public health, Commissioner Food Safety is responsible for prohibiting in the interest of public health the manufacture, storage, distribution or sale of any article of food, and whereas the undersigned is duly authorized under section 30(2)(a) of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, to make this order ; Therefore, in exercise of these powers conferred by clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 30 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, the undersigned, Commissioner (Food Safety), National Capital Territory of Delhi, prohibit in the interest of public health for a period of one year from the date of publication of this Notification in the official gazette, in the National Capital Territory of Delhi the manufacture, storage, distribution, or sale of tobacco which is either flavoured, scented or mixed with any of the said additives, and whether going by the name or form of gutka, pan masala, flavoured/scented tobacco, kharra, or otherwise by whatsoever name called, whether packaged or unpackaged and/or sold as one product, or though packaged as separate products, sold or distributed in such a manner so as to easily facilitate mixing by the consumer. S.N. MISRA, Commissioner (Food Safety) Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.