PROHIBITION OF GUTKHA

5391 DG/2023 (1) रिज᭭ᮝी सं. डी.एल.- 33002/99 REGD. No. D. L.-33002/99 EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY PART IV GOVERNMENT OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI fnYyh] 21 vxLr] 2023 /3021-40.— tcfd] xqV[kk] iku elkyk lqokflr @lqxfU/kr rEckdw] [kjkZ vkSj blh izdkj ds vU; mRikn ftuesa rEckdw gS] pkgs fdlh Hkh uke ls iqdkjk tk,] xzkgdksa ds LokLF; dks Hkkjh {kfr igqapk ldrs gSa vkSj ;s vkus okyh Hkkoh ihf<+;ksa dh tSfod lajpuk esa ifjorZu djds mu ij izfrdwy izHkko Hkh Mky ldrs gSa ; tcfd] rEckdw] pkgs lqLokn] lqxfU/kr gks ;k vU; ?kVdksa tSls Hkkjh /kkrq] pkanh ds odZ] ckbaMlZ] lqLokn lqxU/k] lqxU/k] izfrcaf/kr jlk;u ds lkFk fefJr fd;k x;k gks ;k bu ?kVdksa esa dksbZ ,d ¼mDr ?kVd blds ckn lkewfgd :i ls ;k vyx :i ls tSlk lanHkZ esa visf{kr gks] mDr O;lu ds :i esa lanfHkZr gS½ [kkn~; laj{kk ,oa ekud vf/kfu;e] 2006 dh /kkjk 3 ds [kaM ¼¥½ ds vUrxZr ^^[kk| inkFkZ^^ gS ; tcfd] dsUnz ljdkj us rEckdw vkSj fudksfVu okys mRiknksa dks [kk| laj{kk ,oa ekud ¼fu’ks| rFkk fcdzh ij izfrca/k½ fofu;e] 2011 ds fofu;e] 2-3-4 rFkk [kk| laj{kk ekud ¼[kk| mRikn ekud rFkk [kk| O;lu½] fofu;e] 2011 esa izfrcaf/kr gS ; सं. 258] ᳰद᭨ली, मंगलवार, अग᭭ त 22, 2023/᮰ावण 31, 1945 [रा.रा.रा.ᭃे.ᳰद. सं. 194 No. 258] DELHI, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2023/ SHRAVANA 31, 1945 [N. C. T. D. No. 194 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA SG-DL-E-23082023-248248 2 DELHI GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY P ART IV] tcfd] mDr [kk| inkFkksZa dk miHkksx ekuo LokLF; vkSj ranq:Lrh ds fy, gkfudkjd gksxk vkSj tcfd bu [kk| inkFkksZa dks fcuk izfrca/k ds vuqer fd;k tkrk gS rks ,slk djuk orZeku ,oa Hkkoh ihf<+;ksa dh ranq:Lrh ls le>kSrk gksxk ; tcfd] dkuwu ds v/khu rFkk tu LokLF; ds fgr esa ,sls fdlh [kk| inkFkZ ds fofuekZ.k] HkaMkj.k] forj.k ;k fcdzh ij izfrca/k yxkus gsrq vk;qDr] [kk| laj{kk mRrjnk;h gS vkSj tcfd [kk| laj{kk ,oa ekud vf/kfu;e] 2006 dh /kkjk 30¼2½¼d½ ds vUrxZr ;g vkns”k djus ds fy, fof/kor~ izkf/kd`r gS ; vc blfy,] [kk| laj{kk rFkk ekud vf/kfu;e] 2006 dh /kkjk 30 dh mi/kkjk ¼2½ ds [kaM ¼d½ ds }kjk iznRr bu “kfDr;ksa dk iz;ksx djrs gq,] v/kksgLrk{kjh] vk;qDr ¼[kk| laj{kk½] jk’Vªh; 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 esa fdlh ds lkFk ;k rks lqxfU/kr] lqokflr ;k fefJr dh xbZ gks vkSj pkgs xqV[kk] 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/kkiwoZd feyk;k tk ldsA usgk caly] Hkk-iz”kk-lsok vk;qDr ¼[kk| laj{kk½ DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SAFETY NOTIFICATION Delhi, the 21st August, 2023 F. No. F.211(17)/DOFS/HQ/2017/3021-40.— WHEREAS, Gutkha, 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, 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; 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 Gutkha, Pan Masala Flavoured/ Scented Tobacco, Kharra, or otherwise by whatsoever name called, whether packaged or unpackaged and/or sold as one product, or through packaged as separate products, sold or distributed in such a manner so as to easily facilitate mixing by the consumer. 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