THE Delhi High Court has sought response of Centre and FSSAI on a plea challenging show cause notice prohibiting manufacture and sale of ‘Fortune Soya Health Refined Soyabean Oil’ for alleged misleading label declarations and claims. Petitioner AWL Agri Business Limited received Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) notices over claims of being “100% Veg” and “Cholesterol Free,” “For Healthy Lifestyle”, for its product, ‘Fortune Soya Health Refined Soyabean Oil’.

 

The respondent authorities opposed the maintainability of the petition on the ground of territorial jurisdiction and submitted that no part of the cause of action arose within the territorial jurisdiction of the Delhi HCas the company was based in Gujarat and the product was manufactured and marketed from outside Delhi. However, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma held that the petition cannot be held to be lacking in territorial jurisdiction and the foundational actions which are directly impugned by the petitioner were taken by FSSAI in Delhi and form the very basis of the reliefs sought in the petition