Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, J.

1. These two intra-court appeals though against different judgments (of the same learned Single Judge), but both concerning interpretation of the provisions of The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (FSS Act) and Rules and Regulations made thereunder and filed at or about the same time, were taken up together for hearing.

LPA No.659/2014

2. This appeal is preferred against the judgment dated 13th August, 2014 in W.P.(C) No.2644/2014 filed by the respondent No.1/writ petitioner (respondent No.2 is Union of India). The said writ petition was filed impugning the order of the appellant authority holding the consignment of ‘Lactic Culture’ imported by the respondent No.1/writ petitioner to be non-compliant with the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labeling) Regulations, 2011 (hereinafter referred to as ‘Packaging and Labeling Regulations’) and thus refusing the ‘No Objection Certificate’ (NOC) to enable the respondent No.1/writ petitioner to have the said consignment released from the Customs Authorities. The learned Single Judge by the judgmen