The Commissioner of Food Safety and Drug Administration, Tamil Nadu on May 23, 2023, issued a notification on the Ban of Manufacture, Storage, Transport, Distribution, or Sale of Chewable Food Products, Gutkha, Panmasala, Containing Tobacco and Nicotine as "Ingredients" In The State of Tamil Nadu.
The following has been stated namely: -
• The manufacture, storage, transport, distribution, or sale of all food products chewable or otherwise which are either flavoured or scented or mixed with any of the said additives, and whether going by the name or form of gutkha, pan masala, flavoured or scented food products or chewable food products by whatsoever name called, whether packaged or unpackaged and/or sold as one product, or though packaged as separate products, sold or distributed in such a manner so as to easily facilitate mixing by the consumer and any other food products containing tobacco and/or nicotine as ingredients, by whatsoever name it is available is prohibited in the whole or the State of Tamil Nadu.
• This is for a period of one year with effect from May 23, 2023.
[Notification No. 188]
