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Centre urges UP to ban gutka [1]

With a number states deciding to ban use and sale of gutka, the Union health ministry has urged the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government to follow its counterparts in rest of the country in banning sale of such products in the state.

So far, states of Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Bihar, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Delhi have implemented the provision as envisaged under Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) regulation and enforced enforce ban on manufacture, sale and storage of gutka and pan masala containing tobacco and nicotine in their states. Chandigarh also followed the suit and banned the sale, manufacture and storage of gutka.

Publication Date: 
17/09/2012
Teena Thacker [2]
Asian Age (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Tobacco [4], Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare [5], Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI) [6], Tobacco Related Cancer [7], Food Adulteration [8], Supreme Court [9], Madhya Pradesh [10], Kerala [11], Bihar [12], Rajasthan [13], Maharashtra [14], Haryana [15], Chhattisgarh [16], Jharkhand [17], Delhi [18], Health Effects [19], Health [20], Uttar Pradesh [21]

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