What is Food ?

Food is what we eat food provides us various nutrients to regulate our body processes, protect us from diseases and satisfies our lunges which give us a sense of psychological satisfaction. In the III Chapter of Shreemad Bhagwat Geeta there is a line "Anant Bhawati Bhootanee" which means "the human being is made from food". This statement is true become everything in your body was once the food you ate. Pure food gives us health, happiness, efficiency and longevity. Pure food is what it is represented to be ; it should be wholesome and do all the good it should do and be free from anything that does any harm or might impair its goodness. The nature, quantity and quality of food pay a vital role in the maintenance of health of individuals.

Preparation and processing of food products may modify their nutritional value and use of food additives may introduce direct or indirect toxicity, but the real hazards to health are caused food adulteration. In order to curb the menace of food adulteration, Government of India introduced the prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 with prevention of Food Adulteration rules 1955. Government of Gujarat in 1961 introduced the Gujarat prevention of food adulteration rules. The object of this food legislation is to prevent adulteration and misbranding of foods as defined there in and punish responsible one because it is crime against humanity. The social evil of fraudulently selling adulterated food stuffs not only affects the health of the citizens but tends to demoralize the whole nation and greviously obstructs its moral & economic progress. The provisions of the act are directed for the purpose of securing purity of food and to inform purchasers of what they are buying and they must be construed to effect such purpose.

Definitions :

Any article used as food or drink for human consumption other than drugs and water includes.