Srinagar, July 5 -- Srinagar The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), Jammu and Kashmir, has imposed a one-year prohibition on the manufacture, storage, transportation, distribution and sale of gutkha, pan masala containing tobacco or nicotine, and other food products mixed with tobacco or nicotine across the Union Territory.

According to an official statement, the order was issued by the Commissioner, Food and Drugs Administration, who is also the Commissioner of Food Safety, J&K, under provisions of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011.

The prohibition covers gutkha, pan masala containing tobacco or nicotine, and all chewable or flavoured f...