M. V. KRISHNAN NAMBISSAN vs STATE OF KERALA

The Supreme Court held that the appellant, a dairy farm manager, was not guilty of violating Section 7 and Section 16(1)(a)(i) of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, as no specific standard for butter-milk was prescribed in the Act or the Rules. The Court clarified that Appendix B of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules does not mandate a particular percentage of solids-not-fat for butter-milk, thus overturning the High Court's conviction. The judgment emphasized that the only requirement for butter-milk is that it must be derived from curd after butter extraction, leading to the acquittal of the appellant.