ORDER

Anil K. Narendran, J.

This DBP is registered suo motu based on the order of this Court dated 19.01.2023 in W.P.(C)No.41743 of 2022. By that order, this Court found that a proper food safety audit at Sabarimala is highly essential in order to ensure a strict compliance of the statutory requirements of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and also the Rules and Regulations made thereunder, including the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, and the Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Regulation, 2011. Therefore, by the order dated 19.01.2023, Registry was directed to register this DBP suo motu, to ensure strict compliance of the statutory requirements of the said Act and the Rules and Regulations made thereunder, at Sabarimala in the preparation of Aravana Prasadam, Appam Prasadam, etc. In the said writ petition, this Court passed a detailed order in I.A.No.3 of 2023 and thereafter, the writ petition was disposed of by the judgment dated 11.04.2023, which was in respect of local purchase of cardamom at Sabarimala Devaswom during Mandala-Makaravilakku festival season of 1198ME (2022-

23).

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