date:May 30, 2012
was taking legal action to stop the FSSAI regulating alcoholic drinks.
Reinventing the wheel?
Under the Food Safety Standards Act (2006) which was only implemented last summer the FSSAI has such powers, since the law defines alcoholic drinks as food.
We have filed a writ in Bombay High Court in relation to that. The reason for that is very simple the constitution mandates that alcoholic drinks are a state subject, and for all practical purposes they are under the excise laws of the states