law: The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 
  Chapter IX Offences and
  
  Penalties
  48. General
  
  provisions relating to offences. - 
  1.     
  
    A
  
  person may render any article of food injurious to health by means of one or
  
  more of the following operations, namely:-
  a.      adding any article or
  
  substance to the food;
  b.     using any article or
  
  substance as an ingredient in the preparation of the food;
  c.      abstracting any
  
  constituents from the food; or
  d.     subjecting the food
  
  to any other process or treatment, with the knowledge that it may be sold or
  
  offered for sale or distributed for human consumption.
  1.     
  
  
  2.     
  
  
  
    In
  
  determining whether any food is unsafe or injurious to health, regard shall be
  
  had to-
  a.     
               
  
   i.        
  
    the
  
  normal conditions of use of the food by the consumer and its handling at each
  
  stage of production, processing and distribution;
              
  
   ii.        
  
  
  
    the
  
  information provided to the consumer, including information on the label, or
  
  other information generally available to the consumer concerning the avoidance
  
  of specific adverse health effects from a particular food or category of foods
  
  not only to the probable, immediate or short-term or long-term effects of that
  
  food on the health of a person consuming it, but also on subsequent
  
  generations;
             
  
   iii.        
  
    to
  
  the probable cumulative toxic effects;
             
  
   iv.        
  
    to
  
  the particular health sensitivities of a specific category of consumers where
  
  the food is intended for that category of consumers; and
              
  
   v.        
  
  
  
    also
  
  to the probable cumulative effect of food of substantially the same composition
  
  on the health of a person consuming it in ordinary quantities;
  a.    
  
  
  b.     the fact where the
  
  quality or purity of the article, being primary food, has fallen below the
  
  specified standard or its constituents are present in quantities not within the
  
  specified limits of variability, in either case, solely due to natural causes
  
  and beyond the control of human agency, then such article shall not be deemed
  
  to be unsafe or sub-standard or food containing extraneous matter.
  
  Explanation.-For the purposes of this section, "injury", includes any
  
  impairment, whether permanent or temporary, and "injurious to health"
  
  shall be construed accordingly.