‘Time limit for sample analysis must be scrupulously followed’; Bombay HC sets aside penalty imposed on TATA Chemicals Ltd. for selling substandard iodized salt
The delay in completing the analysis may have resulted in salt samples getting deteriorated because of exposure to heat, light, moisture, etc which may have resulted in deteriorating its standard and thus it became substandard, as Iodized Salt can lose its iodine due to the environmental factors.