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safefoodmitra.com · 2024-02-23 14:59:44
CHENNAI: The state govt has imposed more than 6.2 crore as a compounding penalty and ordered closure of 7,693 shops for up to three months since Nov for stocking and selling gutka and pan masala besides favoured chewable tobacco. In May 2023, Tamil Nadu extended the ban on the manufacture, storage, transport, distribution, or sale of chewable food products such as gutka and pan masala, containing tobacco and nicotine as ingredients for a period of one year. The state govt imposed a compounding penalty of over 6.2 crore and closed 7,693 shops for stocking and selling gutka, pan masala, and chewable tobacco.

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